Archive for July 4th, 2006
Subsidies and other rants
So, we have farmers complaining that closing two sugar plants is “a bolt from the blue”. Well I hate to disagree but it sounds like it is well overdue. The headline figures are that the EU subsidises sugar to the tune of £1 billion a year – guaranteeing a price that is three times the [...]
Posted: July 4th, 2006 under Life Rants.
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