Welsh Farmers Are Revolting
Hello there. Hope you’re feeling well.
Yesterday on my way to Bridgend from Penarth I noticed in the turnoff to the main road I use for this journey quite a number of police cars and vans. It was then I remembered, this was the day of the Farmers demonstration at the Senedd (the Welsh Parliament).
So why are they revolting? They object to the Welsh Labour government’s revamp of farm subsidies particularly the requirement for 10% of agricultural land to be set aside for trees and another 10% for wildlife habitation or else they don’t get the money.
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