#Farming

#Farming

Farming and politics both require patience, a strong stomach, and the ability to smile while wading through knee-deep nonsense. A farmer spends months nurturing crops, hoping for a good yield, while a politician nurtures talking points, hoping for good poll numbers. One fights droughts, pests, and market crashes—the other fights scandals, fact-checkers, and the urge to actually answer a question. And while a farmer prays for rain to make things grow, a politician just prays their skeletons stay buried.

Jeremy Clarkson criticises Government as he joins farmers protest in Whitehall

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  • Tuesday, 19 November 2024

TV presenter and journalist Jeremy Clarkson said Rachel Reeves has used a “blunderbuss” to hit farmers as he arrived in London to protest against changes to agricultural inheritance tax.

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