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He was elected president of the NFU in February 2024. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] In November 2024 Bradshaw gave a speech at Church House in London during protests by farmers against the government's plans to change inheritance tax on agricultural land, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] and in January 2025 he delivered a petition signed by 270,000 members of the public to 10 ...
The NFU stood six candidates in the 1918 general election, none of whom were elected. In the 1922 general election, it stood three unsuccessful NFU candidates under its own name, and sponsored four successful Conservative Party candidates. It again sponsored Conservative candidates in 1923 and 1935 elections, but has not done so since. [7]
The NFU ranks political candidates based on how their proposed policies would support NFU priorities. During the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama received a perfect 100 percent rating, based on his support of the 2008 Farm Bill and a renewable fuel standard. The organization gave John McCain a grade of zero percent, partly because he ...
At 5.30am, as farmers climbed aboard an NFU bus in Cirencester, Alex Ross joined them in the biggest battle for the industry in years
But a new poll for The Irish Times suggests Mr Harris’s Fine Gael party has slumped from first to third place, ... NFU president claims. 11:15, Joe Middleton.
The warning came from National Farmers’ Union (NFU) president Tom Bradshaw as he met with environment secretary Steve Reed over the shock measure in the Budget, while a protest has been planned ...
She served as vice-president of the NFU from 2014 to 2018 and was voted president of the organisation in 2018. In 2020 and 2022 she was re-elected to the post for further two-year terms. [5] [4] [7] [8] In her role as vice-president and then president, Batters has represented the farming community at a time of great change.
Here is what the polls and odds are saying as we head into Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5. ABC News project 538 shows Harris leading in the national polls 47.0% to Trump at 43.7%