Richard Bruce (Brucie)

It’s almost that time of year when my wife sits next to me on the sofa and glances at me like I’m a piece of shit. Because of what Alan Rickman did to Emma Thompson in a fictional film, released over 20 years ago.

Such a wicked tax on farmers. And ask why Labour has done it?Because that’s important. Imagine a farm in a family for generations only worth 1m in actual land and a few farm buildings. Not a big farm. Turn over just enough to create a very modest living with all family members chipping in. Long hours. No holidays. Often teenage children help for free to keep businesses viable. Learning the trade. Something unexpected or terrible happens, and inheritance tax is due. That family can’t pay it without selling. The family becomes homeless. Sells for cheaper than worth because tax has to be paid. The generations of knowledge are lost. A family is homeless & a large faceless conglomerate buys it up…. Bill Gates is now the biggest land owner of farmland in USA! Worrying times ahead..