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Originally Posted by Cherie

I have to say Joey I am very surprised at this comment, food security should be at the top of any governments priorities especially in such an unstable world, given how we are at the mercy of other countries for our fuel and the escalation in prices ...the highest in Europe let me add, and trying to close the door after the horse has bolted by going green which incidentally will not bring prices down given the link with the global gas price, I dont think we should be playing fast and loose with food security

Plus our welfare standards are some of the highest in the world, that's part of the problem with importing so much food - farmers get undercut by food produced to lower standards and of lower quality

It's true that the farming sector is always very vocal about it's interests, as lots of groups are. But that's the same everywhere, just look at how the French farmers protest