This is Starmer’s Turkey Twizzlers moment.

#sussex was the place 100years ago dairy farmers moved to be close to London to sell milk, a food production area, then It was then place to move out of London to a country house now although plenty of oak trees, it’s fast becoming the place to build a shit load of shit houses

Extra feeding linked to stronger farmland bird numbers ift.tt/aJ5XBoy

Two men from the industry calling for exactly what the @tenantfarmers have been asking for for a decade. You cannot farm on 3 year FBTs especially now bps has gone, that paid the rent on average arable land. @Pxfarms

Running a business in this country has never been harder

A litter survey today along Lower Tuffley Lane #Gloucester. Over 509 items of which 126 or ~25% were @McDonaldsUK. That means 75% was from other sources but because McD packaging is bold it appears they are the main source. @GloucesterCity

Y'a un truc qui trompe jamais avec les paysans : si ses chaussures blanches sont encore blanches, c'est pas un vrai paysan

Les baguettes commencent a être croustillante tandis que #biodiversite butine ma luzerne en 5eme année Nombre important de papillon abeilles bourdons Les blé seront fait avant juillet comme l'an dernier Avec 1 mois de retard de semis pourtant #agriculture #moisson2026

No doubt this would’ve been in the 76% good to excellent category…

Everyone knows Dunkirk. 338,000 men rescued from the beaches, the "miracle" that saved Britain. Almost nobody knows what happened 8 days later, 100 miles down the coast. This story was buried for years, and once you hear it you will understand why. While Dunkirk was being evacuated, the 51st Highland Division was deliberately kept in France. Churchill wanted to prove to the French that Britain would not abandon them. So 10,000 Scotsmen kept fighting along the Somme while everyone else went home. They fought well. Too well to retreat in time. By June 10, Rommel's 7th Panzer Division, moving so fast the Germans called it the Ghost Division, had cut them off from every port. The Highlanders fell back to a tiny fishing town called Saint-Valery-en-Caux, with cliffs at their backs and the Royal Navy on the way. A second Dunkirk. That was the plan. Operation Cycle, ships waiting offshore. Then the fog rolled in. The ships could not reach the beaches in the dark and mist. And by morning, Rommel had artillery on the cliffs above the town, firing down on anything that floated. Men climbed down cliff faces on ropes made of rifle slings trying to reach boats. Some fell. The rescue never came. On June 12, 1940, Major General Victor Fortune surrendered the 51st Highland Division to Rommel. There is a famous photo of the two men standing together, Rommel grinning, Fortune staring into the distance like he is somewhere else. 10,000 men marched east into 5 years of captivity. In parts of the Highlands, nearly every family knew someone in the bag. They called it the lost division, and for decades many Scots quietly believed they had been sacrificed. Two details worth knowing. Fortune was offered better treatment as a general. He refused privileges and stayed with his men for the entire war, organizing care for the sick and keeping discipline in the camps. He was knighted from a hospital bed after liberation. And in September 1944, the rebuilt 51st Highland Division was given one specific assignment, at the request of its commander. They liberated Saint-Valery-en-Caux. The pipers played in the same square where their brothers had surrendered four years earlier. Dunkirk got the movie. These men got the long war. Worth remembering them today.

Another one appointed that knows sweet FA about farming or food production. The government really doesn’t seem to care if we starve as long as they can shove their snouts in the trough before the rest of us

Danish farmers probably won't notice any difference. While we just notice another name on the rapidly revolving door that is DEFRA. #Wasteofmoney

Angela Eagle was Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs for 40 weeks. I am struggling to recall a single statement from her that heralded a positive change for farming.

For those of you interested in the abuse of Insolvency practices by banks & others to remove compensation/litigation 'risks' from victims of fraud & malpractice @premnsikka has kindly arranged an event in Parliament on 7 July at 6:15 where I and some others will be speaking about our concerns. Those of you who asked me already have tickets reserved. The link is gmq1yvsq.r.eu-west-1.awstrac… @BankConfidenti1 @TransparencyTF @appgonifandffs @AlliMiddleton1 @johnmcdonnellMP @labourlewis @NeilForPoole @Steffanaquarone @IanByrneMP @BambosMP @EmilyBuchanan1 @MLorrM @ArturNadol7566 @jameshurley @CarshaltonArt @mickmor16921994 @efgbricklayer @james_glanville @BomberMorgan @nw_nicholas @EthicalDavid @hungrybankrupt

Still relevant 3 years on! 👇

Congratulations to The Wurzels 50 years since they filmed 🎥 The Combine Harvester on our farm which went to number 1 on Top Of The pops in 1976 🤩#stillgoingstrong

A huge welcome to @StephenMorganMP as the new Food Security Minister — who after a quick search of hansard has mentioned “Farming” ZERO times in Parliament since being elected in 2017. Great to have another outspoken voice for farmers in DEFRA 💪 It’s now absolutely clear. Labour are truly dedicated to our farmers.

So Angela Eagle is now Security Minister… after achieving precisely nothing 0️⃣as #Farming minister, lost the confidence of farmers EVEN more after @RachelReevesMP completely trashed it along with our FOOD security. Lord help us under this shower Hopefully she can carry a tune🎻

So 160 Dairy farms have packed in. I have no doubt inheritance tax would be a factor. farmersfriendlincs.com/post/…

Yup.