[pendy]

Would you rather see John Prescott's vision of Britain, as one large housing estate from Lands End to John o'Groats? Many farmers have gone to the wall because of the low prices being paid by supermarkets, but do you want to pay more for your meat? It often costs a sheep farmer more to rear a lamb than he gets for it. Farming is a risky business, as anyone who suffered under the appallingly mismanaged foot and mouth episode will tell you. A day can wipe out a life's work.