Opinion: Labour’s vision for farming is ‘thin gruel’

When someone promises to “give me my future back”, my interest is naturally piqued.

Thus when lesser-spotted shadow Defra minister, Steve Reed, recently announced a tantalising new deal for farmers, I enthusiastically read on. This was going to be gamechanging.

I held a trembling hand to my head and tightened my bootlaces to ensure that neither hat nor socks were blown clean off by what was to follow.