Ignoring Welsh farmers’ protests is a dangerous move for politicians

By Lawrence McKay, Research Fellow in Politics, University of Southampton
Davide Vampa, Senior Lecturer in Territorial Politics, The University of Edinburgh

Farmers in Wales have been taking to the streets in a series of protests against the sustainable farming scheme (SFS), which the Welsh government is proposing as a post-Brexit replacement to the EU’s common agricultural policy.

They’ve blocked motorways with convoys of tractors and held large rallies in the capital, Cardiff, leaving behind thousands of empty wellington…

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