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Letters: "The bandwagon of vindictive socialism [against farming] rolls on"

FG reader Hugh Wroth, from Wiltshire, shares his views on the current Labour Government's farming policies

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Mr Wroth says: "The ignorance, ineptitude and hypocrisy emanating from Mr Reed and his department is breathtaking, and an insult to farmers."
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Mr Wroth says: "The ignorance, ineptitude and hypocrisy emanating from Mr Reed and his department is breathtaking, and an insult to farmers."

So the bandwagon of vindictive socialism rolls on to further decimate the farming industry. Inheritance Tax Not content with the punitive Inheritance Tax measures announced last autumn, this rudderless...

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