"Richard Fairhurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--- In [email protected], Bruce Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> b) there's a saying that bad practice drives out good, >> so the incompetence of the old MAFF will have infected the rest. > >Yes, I think that's spot on. > >It would be interesting to see how much of the overspend was >caused by ex-MAFF; and how many of the resulting cuts are >falling on ex-DETR/DoE. > >Richard
I don't understand why farming is still subsidised in UK. Really. - It's a tiny part of the economy - It's very inefficient - It does terrible damage to the environment - We can get the food we need elsewhere (cheaper, and from poor people who really want the business) I'd prefer subsidising the re-establishment of forests on most of the current UK farmland. Then we'd have a nice supply of hardwood for boat fitouts! It would help with global warming too. Maybe the answer is to get rid of the (ex-)MAFF bit 100%. Oh yeah - the CAP might be a problem. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
