The Labour Party

This is where I think the argument for a free market abjectly fails. It simply doesn't take account of cartels and the power of wealth to get what it wants.

Perhaps we would, if farmers were to stand outside supermarkets handing out leaflets, if the leaflet had a tick box, yes to pay more and no for keeping the price as it is, which was then dropped into a large postbox and given to the manager.
Actually, farmers take note, not a bad idea! Inertia on the part of the customer is keeping prices low, it must be made easy to show our feelings ( or nothing will happen.)

Supermarkets are not allowed to act as cartels though.

No they're not! Tell that to the farmers though!

The trouble is that people will always go for low price. That is a rational decision when you are on a tight budget. Not everyone of course - I always go for organic f/r but I can afford to, that isn't true of most families in this country.

I am fairly new to GN and live in a safe parliamentary seat where my vote doesn't count so it's a real delight to follow these political threads where so many intelligent and stimulating views are aired. I do now realise tho that you have to be quite thick skinned to post. Re my comment at 12.23 yesterday I didn't intend to patronise, or meant discussion too simplistic but just to introduce a different angle to discussion

Lazigirl nor was my remark intended as a rebuke, just as a sort of moment! Pax.