[nomadking]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

The Mail on Sunday is reporting that a senior adviser believes we don't need a farming sector. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-official.html

Well Vegetarians and Vegans are out to destroy it anyway.



His argument was that it isn't big enough from a Treasury point of view to get special status.

In his controversial comments, he also suggests farmers should not be given tax breaks denied to other industries.
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He wrote: 'Food sector isn't critically important to the UK, and ag[riculture] and fish production certainly isn't'. He pointed to figures suggesting that it adds just 0.5 per cent in extra value to the economy.
Dr Leunig then questioned the special tax breaks given to farmers, saying: 'We know that supermarkets also make very little, and that lots of restaurants go bust.