Rural uprising: How Britain’s farmers fell out of love with the Conservative Party

UKFilmNerd, 10 months ago

Didn’t one of the farmers groups/unions push for them to vote for brexit?

bernieecclestoned, 10 months ago

The common agriculture policy paid them to farm stupidly so they had to farm stupidly. I’d imagine that’d be pretty annoying

The study found that for the sample group, voting choice was strongly influenced by farmers’ perceptions about EU legislation, their attitudes towards the EU, their perceived capacity to control factors that impact on the farm performance, their sense of self and their notions of autonomy within the confines of prescriptive agricultural policy and the influence of their social relationships.

www.sciencedirect.com/…/S074301671930436X

frazorth, 10 months ago

“I think they could lose 20-25 percent of the farming vote [at the next general election],” predicted former Conservative MP Neil Parish, himself a farmer in Somerset.

Is that all?

mannycalavera, 10 months ago

Is that Neil “I thought it was tractors I didn’t realise it was human porn” Parish?

Asked if he had been “done in” by some of his colleagues, he replied: “I think probably I was.”

Might he have a slight axe to grind(er)?

frazorth, 10 months ago

I had forgotten about that. Thanks! 🤣

NuPNuA, 10 months ago

It’s a testament to how fast our politics has moved these last few years that a Tory MP being caught watching grot in parliament is already a distant memory.