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Landowner Duke of Buccleuch receiving millions in EU subsidies

Absolutely crazy! Another reason to get out of the EU as soon as we can. – City Loon There can be no blame attached to any and all who receive such automatically (and undemocratically) supplied subsidies – that is after all the lunacy of the EU. – corrigenda Someone correctly said never seen a poor farmer. The EU criminal agro payments are 40% of the EU spend for less than 1% of GDP but pay for the new Range Rover every year. – euprisoner Why do we pay out these subsidies when we import more than 50% of our food and few, if any, can afford to shoot on the land? – Bremner tells it like it is again and again Duke Richard regards himself as a steward of the land which he will pass on to the next generation and ploughs it all back. – Honeysuckle Why are we subsidising such individuals when we have people homeless, foodbanks, austerity applied to the sick and disabled? – aladdin