"And is that how it is set out in this Bill?" Yes. "end their own life" "to be self-administered" Though I think a doctor is supposed to be present in the UK for some reason. commonslibrary.parliament.uk…

The lethal dose is not "given" it is "taken" by the individual, by their own hand. My mum died from cancer last year and asked repeatedly for an end to the torment.

Smack bang next to Chester. Why wouldn't you?

What would be the point? Trump/Farage etc don't do numbers. Its all about the vibes / feelz.

Its a complete mystery. apnews.com/article/sabotage-…

Wouldn't an "old military base" be where you'd put, I don't know, an HQ for 10,000 North Koreans?

Yeah. We seemed to have food before 1992 when the loophole was introduced.

Yep. Like everyone else. If a 40 year old with over two decades of full time farming experience - and the one doing the physical work - can't take over then its not much of a "Family Farm".

It is an issue. I have a friend who's sister married a farmer. They had to live with their 2 kids in a cramped workers cottage while the no-longer-farming parents "squatted" in the 6 bedroom farm house into their 80s.

Mornington Crescent! You have a great, if cold, day. 👋

Nah. Very much the same subject.

So tax policy is to be driven my old farmers refusal to downsize? If they are still actively farming at 65 years old its not much of a "family farm" scenario.

Perhaps its a stupid question. They should sign over the farm when they stop actively farming it. Hand over the large farmhouse to the ones with kids. If that happened 95%+ of "family farms" would have nothing to pay. Its all about "family farms" after all.

The most common age of death in UK is 86 (for men). Perhaps there would be some inkling by that age that they were not immortal. Perhaps not actively farming the land for a couple of decades might be an indicator? Perhaps looking at their 50-something off-spring?

An 86 year old is not "work[ing] the land to grow food to bolster our national food security". Their offspring are. If the farm is signed over 7 years before death (normally long after they've stopped "farming") there is no tax to pay.

Nah. This tax is to force "stubborn family farmers" to sign over their land to their 40/50 year old offspring - that actually farm the land - 7 years before they die.

The most common age of death in the UK is 86 for men. If a 86 year old "farmer" has refused to sign over their farm to their [checks notes] 56 year old off-spring, do they not deserve to pay Inheritance tax over 10 years at a half the normal rate on the value over £3M?

And where is the money coming from for this?

"back at sea in strength" = 3 subs 🤨

"Almost a year ago we reported that none of the RN’s attack submarines (SSNs) were at sea." navylookout.com/end-in-sight…