EU cows are paid more than third-world families  Article by John
Blundell in The Business  JUST as it seems impossible to say
anything coherent about religions, so rationality seems to elude
any discussion about the British countryside.  I doubt it is
possible to stand anywhere in the British countryside without
one’s eye lighting upon a subsidy. In the far north of Scotland,
the conifers of the Forestry Commission stand proud but
purposeless. In the west of Wales subsidy preserved sheep munch
the hills bare. In the south of England, the prairies of wheat
waving in the breeze depend on subvention. In East Anglia, the
vast sugar beet acres almost mock the tropical communities that
could send us sugar far more cheaply.  Yet even this description
is wrong. There are rural trades that thrive without public
funds. Millions of us so enjoy the countryside that the natives
of pretty postcard English villages are displaced with retirees
or second home urban affluents. Planners deter new construction
so “shortages” are