[Campaignforrealdemocracy] help poll in london

[james armstrong]

Common Agriculture Policy opinion poll 

The powerful European Agricultural Commissioner in 2010  conducted a poll among the public to give
direction to reforming the CAP which is funded by UK
taxpayers and costs each household in UK
£200 each year (of which most households are unaware).    The CAP programme rewards landowners and corporate
food manufacturers  with annual
cheques.  The largest is for £83million ,
and one MP received a £417,000 CAP cheque in2009 .  Cheques for £10,000 and sometimes £100,000 or
larger are not uncommon.

  Only 145 responses to
the EU poll were received from the UK  public..   
Why? 

Why does the Commissioner propose to base the  question of reforming this important part of
farm incomes on such an inadequate sample?  
Why did the UK
media and particularly BBC Farming Today , Countryfile,  etc fail to 
generate interest and response?   

At a time of fiscal deficit and universal cuts to public
services there has been no whisper of a suggestion of cutting these massive
payments which are effectively a ‘Sheriff of Nottingham’ tax rewarding  rich country landowners and corporations by
unknowingly taxing mostly  town dwelling
wage earners. .   A paper, POLES AND THE
CAP POLL, sets out  the details.  An action at the Tolpuddle festival in Dorset
will seek to gather more opinions (146) than the mighty EU Commission for
Agriculture was able to manage. So spreading knowledge about this inequitable
and hidden tax, providing information which will be forwarded to the
Commissioner in Brussels and giving
an opportunity for a media event.   You are invited to help with  questions for the survey and volunteers are
invited to  carry out some twenty or so
interviews each at Tolpuddle or at any other location.   

The poll and the results will give publicity material, recruitment
and media opportunities. 

James .Armstrong

 		 	   		  
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