Wednesday, 20 November 2013 09:26

Green envy

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YOUR CANINE crusader reckons farmers had better get used to the idea of bearing a backlash from any new Labour/Green government if they win power next year. Labour is, at best, ambivalent towards the rural sector; the Greens are openly hostile. 

 

For proof of this, note the Green’s co-leader Russel Norman’s latest crusade questioning the benefits of Government investment in irrigation schemes: he claims it is money wasted. This old mutt reckons if you think farming is tough now, just wait until Norman and co get into government.

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