Monday 11 December, 2023

From the editor: Time for ag policy realism now free trade deal is done

To use a spot of football jargon, the Brexit negotiations benefited from their very own version of ’Fergie-time’, that fabled bit of extra-extra time that would seemingly appear at the end of Manchester United games when the Red Devils were managed by Sir Alex Ferguson. The games would go on longer than expected but the desired result, for Sir Alex at least, was achieved in the end.

Ben Briggs
Ben has been Editor of Farmers Guardian since March 2016 and oversaw the publication's change in format from newspaper to magazine in the same year.
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From the editor: Time for ag policy realism now free trade deal is done

To use a spot of football jargon, the Brexit negotiations benefited from their very own version of 'Fergie-time', that fabled bit of extra-extra time that would seemingly appear at the end of Manchester...

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