According to the Telegraph, Britain’s favourite green-fingered chat show host said:
“Time was when the Tory party was the party of the Shires and understood how the countryside works…There seems to me very little investment in rural areas and the countryside. We have to look after agriculture and horticulture: growing things. This is how we feed ourselves.”


More from LabourList
Paul Nowak column: ‘The circuit breaker this country needs’
John Healey sees approval dip among Labour members ahead of Budget
SPONSORED: ‘Keep the 1.5 million housing target – let’s deliver 300,000 homes a year and sustain it for a decade’