Jeremy Clarkson’s Farm show on Amazon is the most radicalizing piece of mainstream media I’ve ever seen
Just one example (bear with me):
Badgers became a protected species in Britain 40+ years ago.
The population has exploded and now frequently transmits tuberculosis to cows
But farmers can’t cull the badger population to protect their cattle because the government still considers them to be endangered
Instead of addressing the root cause, the UK has the most batshit testing regime for cattle
There’s no TB vaccine. So the cattle have to get tested. The vets administering the test have to measure welts on the cows neck. Whether a cow lives or dies comes down to a vet trying to discern 1mm on a caliper (reactive vs non reactive).
If a cow tests positive, the farm (already running on super thin margins) is quarantined and starts hemorrhaging money.
Jeremy Clarkson’s cow (pregnant with twins) has an inconclusive test so it’s separated from the herd. It receives a second inconclusive test so they have to kill it (before it can give birth to the twins).
Now here’s the kicker: the autopsy reveals no sign of TB. It was a healthy cow needlessly killed
So - silver lining the farm should be removed from quarantine, right? WRONG - it’s still under quarantine and has to keep testing and can’t sell its beef
Kafkaesque doesn’t even begin to describe how f’d up it is for British farmers
Our government seems more bothered about stopping people seeing bad stuff happening, then it does about stopping the bad stuff happening.
It is said bad stuff which is inciting disorder. Trying to hide it from people will make things worse, not better.
It blows my mind that in moments like this, instead of thinking “right, we really need to stop the issues giving people cause for concern’ this government instead thinks ‘what we need to do, is control people even further’…
Absolutely clueless.
When I see other clubs struggling near the bottom and their fans just give up and stop turning up to the games, it’s just a reminder..
Evertonians are a different breed.
This is more of a scandal than most realise.
The Chancellor’s tax rises on all of us weren’t for a black hole. They were for welfare. Political choices to squeeze productive people dry.
She’s pretending more tax was necessary. But it’s only because she *chose* to hike spending.
Remember, Labour had 14 years to prepare for government.
They repeatedly demanded a general election almost every day since 2022.
They presented themselves as the “grown ups”.
Within 16 months, they’ve reminded the public why they were in opposition for 14 years.
So what @RachelReevesMP is going to say on Wednesday is if you are one of those people that get out of bed & do a full day’s graft everyday then we will punish you & give your money away to the people who can’t be bothered to get out of bed & want to live for free at other people’s expense.
Labour don’t work for the working class they just want to look after the shirkers.
Labour are ruining this once great country.
“We’ve set out a roadmap for farming which has been welcomed by farmers.”
~ Keir Starmer
This is bullshit. It’s been wholeheartedly condemned. 6,000 farm businesses have closed since Labour came into power.