Mr. Kurt should get his 'facts' right before putting them into print. We farmers do not all vote Tory. Yes, all our sheep will eventually end up at the abattoir, but all humans end up dead too. My Oxford dictionary tells me it means 'fellow' but in this article it seems to come over as a derogatory term. If Mr. Kurt's burned down and it was not insured, he, and his family, would be helped out by the social security system in Britain.
Agriculture is subsidised in France too.
Last month the price paid to French farmers for milk was raised by 10 centimes a litre to help with losses incurred by the BSE crisis. No such subsidy was given to UK farmers. I am an English woman in France. French people in this area are very upset by the tragedy in the UK with regard to foot and mouth disease. Yours in disgust, Marian Dixon B.Sc.