Rural England's village pubs face a quiet death under tax hikes, wage rises and planning laws that crush communities – a grim reality, says Simon Panter, that goes far beyond the loss of just a pint.
Labour's plan to turn England's best farmland over to developers – while councils rake in millions from compulsory purchases – is about to come to pass. The bulldozers could be in by Christmas, says Simon Panter.
The Government is hiking inheritance tax on farmers, and the effect, surely intended, is to push farmland away from food production into solar farms and other 'green' uses. It's a Net Zero death duty, says Simon Panter.
They told us the Online Safety Act was to protect children. Now, after several security breaches, your passport's on the dark web and your NHS record is next. And it's all leading straight to digital ID, says Simon Panter.
Labour's Net Zero drive is converting prime farmland into solar farms, silencing local farmers and gambling with Britain's food security, warns Simon Panter.
© 2026 Skeptics Ltd.
