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So real evidence then, just what you perceive.

27 Jan 2018

@Lynne "So what I await to see is how this Conservative government, that no doubt gets lots of support in all sorts of ways from rich landowners/the land owning aristocracy, how it will take away the subsidies (tax payers' money) from these rich and powerful people." And your evidence for this claim is?

Food
20 Jan 2018

But they are not wholly your assertions are they, they're other people's that you selectively quote, or even only just give the gist.  It's standard practice with online forums that when you quote text you then also provide a link to the whole piece.  What's so hard to understand about that?

19 Jan 2018

If it is beyond your wit to post links to stories to support your assertions (which I did quite easily earlier today), then there is nothing for me on which to comment.

19 Jan 2018

Without details I can't comment, simple really.

19 Jan 2018

@Lynne If we actually knew what those post-Brexit deals are then I might have something to say, but as we don't, I cannot possibly comment, can I?

19 Jan 2018

@Lynne Nothing to say about the Common Agricultural Policy adding 17% to the cost of food in the EU? What deals are the NFU talking about?  Must be like the supermarkets, they know things that we do not, apparently...

19 Jan 2018

If somebody is posting quotes they should not expect others to have to use Google to find the source. Edit: It's rather ironic that a former political editor of the Daily Mail is writing for the i. I realise it is no longer owned by The Independent, but it is staffed by former Indy journalists and has a clear anti-Brexit agenda.  No wonder it has been quoted so much earlier in this thread.

19 Jan 2018

It is normal practice when quoting text that the source is also included.  I suspect the author is a rabid Remoaner, hence your reticence to post the link. A no-deal Brexit might not be as bad some fear, this article from the Institute of Economic Affairs reveals how the Common Agricultural Policy actually raises the cost of food by some 17%, compared to world market prices: Imagine there ...

19 Jan 2018

Still waiting for a link to the whole article.

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