'In doing so, ‘safe’ Conservative constituencies in rural areas have been neglected'
The only MP, in this correspondent’s opinion, who regularly speaks out in support of farming is former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron. He holds the job of his party’s rural affairs spokesman but, even so, barely a day goes by when Farron isn’t banging the drum - or feed bucket - for farmers.
Just last week he led a Westminster Hall debate on the future of funding for upland farmers. Mr Farron accused the Government of driving farmers out of business; cutting their incomes by a third with changes to subsidies. The farmers he represents are everyday hard working country people, not the landed gentry. They are outside, working, not sitting in farm offices with land agents to help them fill in - or even begin to understand - post-Brexit farming policy. Just 25 farms out of Farron’s entire Cumbrian constituency have signed up to Defra’s new Sustainable Farming Incentive.
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