Most farmers voted leave. Now they are beginning to dread the withdrawal of EU subsidy - and see their traditional protectors in the Tory party as enemieso Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnistHome from chasing lost sheep on a beautiful sunlit evening on Exmoor, Robin Milton contemplates the future for his thousand ewes. He is the eighth generation farming this green patch of England, 1,200 feet up, sodden with 80 inches of rain a year on land good for nothing much else. His income is "tiny", he says. "But you can't know the pleasure it gives me, the pride I take in my sheep, the landscape, my hedges and stone walls." Related: Life's tough on our struggling farms. Now they face Brexit's chill winds Continue reading...
No wonder farmers fear the Brexit wolf in sheep's clothing | Polly Toynbee
1. srpna 2017 18:47
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/01/farmers-brexit-wolf-sheep-voted-leave-eu-subsidy-tory-enemies
Zdroj: The Guardian