As one of the very few farming MPs, I'm perhaps more qualified to say this than most. British farming is in a hole, a very deep hole. What would happen if MPs all packed up our bags and downed tools? I suspect the country would manage... If farmers did the same? The entire country would be in anarchy and chaos within two or three days. How can we get out of it? Some ideas... - Get the public sector buying British - A big, national 'buy British' campaign - Enforce CLEAR labelling, so people know what they are buying - Allow and encourage diversification - Simplify planning - More farming apprenticeships - Slash red tape - Let farmers FARM - And here's a mad one... LISTEN to farmers. Productive land MUST be used for farming - not for solar panels, not for rewilding or not for housebuilding. But for farming. If we go on as we are, we will literally run out of people to work the land. No farmers, no food.