Fergus Ewing

[Crex]

Has just been given the heave ho. Not good news for any of the farmer led groups? Looks like the civil servants may get their way.

 

[nivilla1982]

Who replaces him?

 

[Top Tip.]

Has just been given the heave ho. Not good news for any of the farmer led groups? Looks like the civil servants may get their way.

Fergus took on the civil servants and the civil servants won. Word is that agriculture is no longer to be a ministerial post.

 

[Milkcow365]

Who replaces him?

No one I bet they do away with the position

 

[Bill dog]

Slippery slope to damnation . He was one ( the only ?) good egg in the whole basket!

 

[Milkcow365]

Mairi gougeon so they say

 

[Crex]

Mairi gougeon so they say

Previously a minister for the 'natural environment'. We can all see which way this is going?

 

[Top Tip.]

Previously a minister for the 'natural environment'. We can all see which way this is going?

Inevitable

 

[Woolless]

Oh balls. I've always been thankful that Scotland is a better place to be a stock farmer than over the border. That may be about to change.

 

[Top Tip.]

Oh balls. I've always been thankful that Scotland is a better place to be a stock farmer than over the border. That may be about to change.

From what I can gather she is ok. Represents a farming constituency and is willing to listen.

 

[nivilla1982]

Mairi Gougeon becomes Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands. The post includes responsibility for agriculture, food and drink policy, fisheries and aquaculture as well as cross-government coordination of policies for island communities.

New Cabinet appointed

First Minister: “A Government to drive Scotland forward”.

www.gov.scot

 

[Agrivator]

Luckily, the SNP are fixated on Scotch Beef, Scotch Lamb, Scotch Salmon, Scotch Whisky, Scottish Strawberries and other soft fruits, so they will have to continue supporting it, or they will see even more of the rural areas going Blue. It isn't just farmers who rely on the food chain for a living.

England is just the opposite. The Tories are now so entrenched that they don't need to give a toss about the rural vote.

 

[Moors Lad]

The Tories are now so entrenched that they don't need to give a toss about the rural vote.

Don`t oft agree with you but I`ll make an exception this time.....