If she did, she would know I am not one, but what she wanted was to politicise this because it is politics that this is very obviously about. What this comes down to is a demand from farmers that the state should support their lifestyle choices, whatever the cost to the state might be. As I tweeted last night:I admire the ability of these people to mobilise, but my conclusion is that farmers do not deserve a shred of sympathy for all this. Something deeply sinister is going on here, and unlike most people in dire straits in this country, farmers have options available to them and a very comfortable way out of their dilemma. The politics of privilege are being played here, and I find that extremely distasteful.
