Bruce wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
In article ,
dennis@home wrote:
It costs more to give you any sort of communications..
think yourself lucky we are subsidising you.
So by this you grow/raise all your own food?


Britain now imports approximately 90% of its food needs, so I don't
think we need to be going cap in hand to our farmers.

The idea that rural areas subsidise the cities (in any way, shape or
form) is just laughable!

Wrong.

We all pay the same taxes. The cities get a far higher central
government support grant for local government. That's why rural areas
pay similar council tax but get far poorer services. The difference in
support is not small. If you take least to most it can be double.