In pitching to the environmental movement, Gove seeks allies in the forthcoming debate about farm subsidies
If wealthy landowners fight to retain their CAP subsidies, then support for reform from the green movement could come in handy.
If wealthy landowners fight to retain their CAP subsidies, then support for reform from the green movement could come in handy.
“Leaving the EU gives us a once in a lifetime opportunity to reform…how we care for our land, our rivers and our seas.”
Brexit brings unique challenges and opportunities. And my background in campaigning on environmental issues equips me for the job.
There is only one priority: keep the Stalinists, trots, Islamist fellow-travellers, gender and feminist lunatics and, yes, the young deluded idealists out of power.
Our departure from the EU is an opportunity to emerge from a period of great national change stronger and more prosperous than ever before.
Hammering out a “Son of CAP” has its challenges, but they are more technical than political – and can be resolved.
Get policy right, and our farmers and growers can, and will, innovate and seize the opportunities that change will undoubtedly bring.
It’s possible to accept all the arguments suggesting that it’s sensible for us to do so – but still feel morally queasy.
We may be rowing back to defend one promise. But another more fundamental promise to the future is actually at stake.
Officials, advisers and Ministers will always need external expertise: what we need are conservative-minded experts.
The Institute for Government’s new guide reminds us that the Conservative-Liberal Democrat partnership helped to improve Britain for the better.