Inheritance Tax

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We’ve had some amazing feedback on the latest video and I feel really grateful to you for sharing it.

Having spent a long time in the comments, learning from new points of view, (and ignoring the more spiteful ones) I’m coming to a simple conclusion about a big difference.

A difference

Most see land as a financial asset, that can be used for profit and leverage.

Farmers like my mum, see it as a natural resource we need to preserve and protect.

The truth is that land is living.

It’s not a house – where you lock the door, kill the spiders, and shut out the world.

Farmland is truly a home for anything that passes it; birds nesting in the hedges; lambs growing on spring grass; bees bouncing towards the pollen.

If we’re keen on our countryside… On green grass, tall trees, and wildlife – then it means there’s a responsibility for anyone in charge of the land, to manage it with care, in a way that nurtures the life it’s designed to support.

The fact there’s a history, and generational pull to the land is the primary reason farmers do what they do under the circumstances.

That’s it. It’s a bond. A relationship. That’s the only reason they muster the courage to stay farming because no one in their right mind would work so hard in a job that pays so little. It’s rooted deeper than money.

That’s how I truly feel, this is not a rich group that’s unhappy about paying tax.

It’s the only group that’s qualified – wanting to protect our countryside from the financial way of thinking. The way that believes the land is there for leverage and profit.

If you haven’t watched it yet, then the latest video is here.

It’s also on X here:

Thanks so much for all of your support, Ru