THE QUALITY OF SCOTLAND’S LARDER has a worldwide reputation and accounts for twenty per cent of the UK’s food & drink exports. But the farming sector is under pressure like never before and is not supported by the metropolitan SNP. To protect farming, Reform will reform the Farm Payments System and the Less Favoured Areas […]
Day: 8 April 2026
How to fix farming, unlock land worth £13 billion and regenerate the rural economy
I WAS ABOUT to putt on the seventh green when a farmer started shooting, no more than a hundred metres away. I texted him to complain about him disturbing my concentration. Farmer Reformer Richard Fairley saw the funny side. On the occasions I drove him to consultations with various rural organisations during 2025, I learned […]