The National Farmers Union thinks that the UK should remain in the EU, although a majority of farmers seem to think otherwise, if a recent poll for the Farmers Weekly is to be believed. It seems that many think that subsidies outside the EU might be better (or better-targeted) than in it. Well, maybe. Perhaps they think that all that green-tape they are faced with (pro-environment regulation to you and me) might be reduced.
All the Brexiteers I have heard say that subsidies will have to continued, though all have proved coy about at what level, and given that the Brexodus bonus is being spent several times over (hospitals / trains / science / Cornwall / universities /Wales / ...), the queue would seem a long one.
That said, most environmentalists I come across, and environmental educators too, seem to think that wildlife will suffer with a Brexodus as there'll be no Commission to protect it. Maybe that applies to farmers too. The Economist quotes one Wiltshire Farmer, gazing on his 5,000 acres, as saying: "We really need the French to fight our corner, and they won't help us outside the EU."
Exactement! Au barricades, mes braves. Aux armes citoyens, et formez vos bataillons! Qu'un sang impur abreuve nos sillons!
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