'There is a cruelty to Labour... going after those who won't vote for them'

SHE SEES an array of longterm threats facing the country, including a potential collapse in food security.

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A farmer recently told her that British agriculture was in a similar situation to the crisis-wracked steel sector.

As young people quit farming and families sell off land there is the danger “all of a sudden one day we’ll wake up and we can’t produce food”. That’s something I'm determined to fight,” she says.

She is concerned Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s push for net-zero carbon emissions will result in more pylons appearing across the countryside.

“Net zero will bankrupt us unless we change course and actually start delivering cheap abundant energy,” she says.

“We need to look after our environment but we can’t look after it if we're bankrupt.”