Agronomist in north England . have a livestock enterprise lambing ewes and suckler herd. MSc in sustainable crop production,Warwick university. Chemistry BSc
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Lewis Bretton retweeted
The way DEFRA, and the wider British state, has treated the farming community is utterly unacceptable - particularly over the recent SFI debacle.
On behalf of all British farmers, I just told the head of DEFRA exactly that.
Lewis Bretton retweeted
I spoke up for farmers in Parliament yesterday.
Labour Ministers sat there laughing - all whilst farmers watched on from the public gallery.
This is the level of disrespect our farmers have come to expect 👇
Lewis Bretton retweeted
There are so many holes in this policy it doesn’t hold any credibility but they continue to double down!
Keir Starmer reveals the real reason for his ‘family farm tax’ in grilling by senior MPs | The Independent independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
Lewis Bretton retweeted
🚜Food Security is National Security and underpinning this are farmers and farmland.
Labour's ill judged and heartless #FamilyFarmTax will put all of that in jeopardy
In the @HouseofCommons as Shadow DEFRA Minister I again pressed the Government to reverse this cruel policy⬇️
Lewis Bretton retweeted
Newly elected Labour MP’s had the chance to put farming families before party politics in Parliament this week.
They refused.
After 5 hours of debate in which they could have raised concerns about the family farm tax, here’s what they said instead ⬇️
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Lewis Bretton retweeted
"Angry farmers are set to descend on London."
A protest is set for 19th November to express "growing anger" at Rachel Reeves' budget decision to impose inheritance tax on family farms valued over £1million.
No farms, no food.
Do you support our farmers?
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Lewis Bretton retweeted
BBC Verify Fails to Mention ‘Independent Expert’ is Senior Labour Activist order-order.com/2024/11/04/b…
Lewis Bretton retweeted
"As you step over the fallen, the former farmers, the pensioners, the onetime businesspeople, the poor & the vulnerable, there you will find the shattered remains of the working people of this country. Betrayed by a party that lied to them”
Shad chancellor Mel Stride. Well said.
Lewis Bretton retweeted
🚜Farmers are cash poor.
🌾Farming works on marginal profits.
I asked the Minister to try to solve the problem his government has presented family farms across the country.
🥀He didn’t.
Lewis Bretton retweeted
As a farmer with assets at the higher end of the distribution, I kind of expected to be taxed more, and even voted with my dispassionate utility maximising hat on for those that might do it, but I didn't expect them to make such a botched job of the beheading that their wild swings of the axe killed the small to medium sized farm businesses near to me. It's like these people have never even seen an axe let alone wielded one. Stunning lack of basic competence IMO.
Lewis Bretton retweeted
Changes to family farms/business inheritance tax will eventually raise £520,000,000 a year.
The yearly cost of holding foreign criminals in British prisons? Roughly £533,000,000
Deport the foreign criminals, save the British family farms/businesses...
Lewis Bretton retweeted
Fighting For Farmers
The inheritance tax on farmers is a disgrace and a risk to our food supply.
Today I challenged the Minister on this issue.
His answer will leave you gobsmacked 🚜🚜
Lewis Bretton retweeted
At what point is it time to just say F you.
We waste so much time talking and discussing things with “empty vessels” who lie to our faces.
Farmers, small business, processors… the list goes on.
London 19th of sept is a start but this shit isn’t going away. The knife is in.
Lewis Bretton retweeted
Quite extraordinary how many people on twitter have become “experts” in farming and agricultural inheritance since the budget.
Also how many of them seem to have Labour in their biographies… 🤷🏻♀️
Lewis Bretton retweeted
Instead of going after the large banks, oil & gas & big tech, Labour have chosen to pick on family farms
Labour is out of touch with rural communities & is at risk of creating a lost generation of farmers
The Liberal Democrats will campaign fiercely against the family farm tax
Lewis Bretton retweeted
The family farm tax must be overturned.
Add your name and show your support for stopping the family farm tax 👉ow.ly/Y4W350TYho2
#BackBritishFarming
Lewis Bretton retweeted
Cows raised sustainably are not bad for the environment. The methane they emit is part of the natural carbon cycle.
Transportation, industry, and fossil fuels are all 10x worse offenders according to the EPA, and are not a part of the natural carbon cycle.
From an old episode on @TheMinimalists
Lewis Bretton retweeted
The Government's botching of the new environmental farm payment scheme is driving farmers out of business.
How stupid and irresponsible to design a scheme meant to protect and enhance our environment but to deliver it to so badly that it does the exact opposite.