Greater understanding, and better co-operation, would aid the nation.
Do we want a New Zealand model of little or no support, or a Norwegian model of high levels of support designed to keep farmers on the land?
We must preserve our beautiful countryside – but we must also continue to find places to build homes where people can live. There has to be a balance.
It may not have closed hunts down, but a law rooted in prejudice and class warfare is a stain on the statute book.
Better to engage instead with the huge opportunities that post-Brexit rural policy presents.
We think of our countryside as permanent but, in truth, it is a whirl of commotion.
Splitting hairs over whether or not someone is a ‘recurring’ or ‘regular’ TV presenter shouldn’t allow someone to abuse a neutral platform.
Our country, families, the environment, home – we love them all. The object of life is love and we ought to aspire toward the triumph of love.
And, more to the point, how will he do so? Finesse should deployed instead of force.
Brian May says opponents of the proposed amendment are “so grateful to the SNP”.
What does Shoreditch have to do with farming and the rural economy? Quite a lot, actually.
It turns out that the arbiter for all but a relatively narrow range of complaints will be the BBC’s own Unitary Board.