Labour continue to reveal their true colours when it comes to farmers. During a House of Lords debate yesterday on the impact Labour’s family farm tax could have on farming competitiveness, Labour peer Lord Watts took aim – not at the policy’s consequences – but at the Tories for supporting what he called “millionaire farmers”:
“My Lords, has the Minister noticed that the Opposition seem to be obsessed with millionaire farmers? Is it not about time that they worried more about families in poverty? They call for more resources for farmers, but have they indicated where that resource is going to come from? They used to accuse us of having a money tree, but I think they have found an orchard.”
Guido has been consistently covering the serious – and even fatal – consequences of this policy. Labour would rather tax farmers into oblivion and mock anyone who stands up for them. Just another chapter in Labour’s long record of failing Britain’s farmers…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”