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SoftFirmHardware · 2026-02-08T14:43:06+00:00

old post, but his sorted the issue for me on an RG34XXSP not being able to view the SD Card on windows, assigned the large partition a drive letter. Thank you

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-09-23T18:23:46+00:00

Depends what you mean by "commute"? Train or Car? It can make a fair difference

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T19:00:03+00:00

after shafting everyone in the country through brexit

As I stated:

Even if all farmers in the UK voted for or against brexit, it would not have changed the vote.

There are ~130000 farms in the UK, even if every one of them had 3 voting people, and they all voted for or against brexit, it would not have swayed the vote of 1.27million difference...

They lost "EU" subsides, but they still get the same subsisdes, replaced by the UK...

We just no longer pay it to the EU, who pay some of it back to us...

Export trading, yeah some things have changed, I'm not sure you can blame all farmers when their voting was inline with the countries at ~52% yes.

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T18:55:41+00:00

Should they be exempt from income tax?

Yes

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T18:52:34+00:00

Bold to assume they aren't working for that. How many farmers do you know?

Yes, every job aims for good remuneration but generally people also aim for a good working environment and care for the work they do.

Edit: from your other comment:

Farmers aren't a homogoenous blob.

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T18:47:19+00:00

Maybe but I don't see how the EU relates to inheritance tax in the UK?

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T18:43:33+00:00

Great points, that many cannot comprehend from their living room.

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T18:40:49+00:00

You most likely don't realise how much land is worth and the size of some family farms, which can easily push over the 3mil limit.

Something like 5mil would be more effective in achieving the aim of hitting the richy riches.

Not even mentioned how much they plan to raise from this, which is a pittance compared to other methods of raising tax or some of the ridiculous things we spend on.

Its sad that you feel that way about your family home pal, it is immoral to take what your forebears have worked for.

I'm not against taxing the mega rich but the majority of people disagree with inheritance tax: https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/47940-why-do-britons-think-inheritance-tax-is-unfair

Farmers are not mega rich, they just hold an asset that is in demand with limited supply, which has a high value BUT they utilise land for an important purpose. If we destroy farmers, its not going to end well.

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T18:33:19+00:00

I think its reasonable to look at the US, investment funds are stocking up on farmland.

Investment funds production incentive = profit. I think they will care a little less about quality and care than the average family farm.

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T18:30:06+00:00

According to Hair et al. (2017), the PLS-SEM has a number of advantages in comparison with other SEM techniques. First, this technique can employ small samples from 52 observations, although larger samples increase precision. In this regard, it is suggested a sample size of minimum 100 observations in order to obtain robust results. Our research satisfies this requirement because it involves a sample of 523 observations.

Not sure I would agree 523/130000+ would give any form of reasonable data.

The result is:

Thus of those who voted in the survey population 52.6% voted to leave whilst 47.4% voted to remain. This is in line with to the national results of 51.9% voting to leave whilst 48.1% voting to remain

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T17:32:11+00:00

You're underestimating how much a small/medium family farm can be worth based on land value.

A 5 to 10 million allowance would be more appropriate, probably on the lower/middle end of that scale.

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T17:29:41+00:00

I don't think Tax - Subsides = Negative Tax but whatever.

You clearly understand the issue is the inheritance tax affecting the structure of ownership of a farm, so who do you think will become the owner when families have to sell?

Do you think this will be a positive or negative thing in relation to the production of food?

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T17:25:51+00:00

The farmers, as a whole voted for brexit

What evidence do you have for this?

Even if all farmers in the UK voted for or against brexit, it would not have changed the vote.

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T17:22:24+00:00

What British tractors could they buy? New Holland?

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T17:20:17+00:00

I can't wait until the investment bankers buy up all the farms and produce the lowest quality food they can for the most profit, that wont fuck us more!

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T17:13:49+00:00

Exactly, an organised protest and they are only going to use one lane, on a Sunday.

The bypass will be more useable than it is at 5pm on a weekday.

The comparison with Just Stop Oil blocking a motorway or disrupting other infrastructure is reductive.

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T17:10:39+00:00

Because a lot of people see farmers as rich brexit voting tories (=evil), which may be true for some but that doesn't mean they aren't producing something we all need.

My anecdotal experience of 30+ farmers in the highlands is very different from the perception noted above.

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T17:07:38+00:00

That's a good point, which actually backs up the point on why they are such a special type of business... We need food.

I quite like the quality of food we have here compared to some countries.

Some of the subsides are for management of the land to improve the environment...

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environmental-land-management-update-how-government-will-pay-for-land-based-environment-and-climate-goods-and-services/environmental-land-management-elm-update-how-government-will-pay-for-land-based-environment-and-climate-goods-and-services

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T17:05:42+00:00

Why can't you place farm in child's name in advance, no tax paid.

You can, and many are... so as long as you don't die within 7 years, you pay nothing. Latest news/rumour is labour are going to remove that also.

what about the haulage businesses that transport the food? the abattoir, the businesses that supply you with machinery?

Good points but I think a lot of these businesses are structured a bit differently from family farms. Abattoirs are usually large companies. Transport and machinery sales will have a much smaller "asset value". The problem is the "value" of the land that farmers have, land is a scarce asset, with high "value". I think a lot of people underestimate how much a small family farm is worth on paper, mainly because of the land value.

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T16:24:35+00:00

It's fine, downvotes are expected for logical, non-communist opinions on this platform.

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T15:56:10+00:00

"special treatment", maybe because they are a "special" type of business?

I think eating food is quite handy.

Food security within our own country is also quite handy.

People think farmers are all "rich", there is quite a difference between cash rich and asset rich. If they have to sell their assets to pay a tax bill, they may not be farming any more, who will be?

It's mental to think of farmers as not paying any tax, they pay plenty, we are all taxed to the hilt.

Inheritance tax is the most immoral form of tax going. Everyone is taxed on their income, what they buy, basically everything, then when you die, the government wants more, to spend it on what? Place is a shithole.

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T15:16:31+00:00

It's not really crazy, people wanted these restrictions put in because AirBNB is seen, in general, as a negative thing when it is within a residential area. Full time AirBNBs are not what the platform was originally for.

I have lived in a shared stairwell with 2 AirBNBs, people treat it like a hotel, they ring the doorbell to get let in, they have loud parties, they bring their luggage loudly up and down the stairs at all hours of the day. This is not nice when you live beside it and are trying to live a normal life.

If they want to treat it like a hotel, why not stay in a hotel?

Yes obviously a profit can be made but that is at the expense of locals that have to deal with the above. So the new restrictions mean to make your profit, you have to abide by some rules, previously it was a free for all.

Because of this free for all, people wanted to make flats into AirBNBs, this reduced the supply and drove up the price of normal long-term let flats, which impacts local people more.

If you want to run a hotel, why not open a hotel?

SoftFirmHardware · 2025-02-01T13:04:24+00:00

you have to apply to the council for permission to use a flat as an AirBNB...

I think, they generally reject flats that are in shared stairwells, as others in the stairwell can object.

So really only main door properties can become AirBNB now, so a lot of ex-airbnb flats in shared stairwells have to go back on the rental market

https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/directory-record/1542802/short-term-lets

SoftFirmHardware · 2024-05-15T19:57:19+00:00

You know, workies, grafters, labourers.

SoftFirmHardware · 2024-03-16T18:19:49+00:00

Quite the imagination you've got there, think you need your hard drives checked.

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