Simon Harris
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And farming, agriculture is a really important part of our domestic economy, as are many parts of our economy.
And what we have to try and do now is move beyond this categorising people and actually say this is a good country.
It has many things going for it.
And we need to try and pull together and work through this time of challenge.
You see, I've never bought into this idea of... Like, this country's a small country.
It has a population around the size of Manchester.
I've never bought into this idea of trying to categorise people based on rural or urban, based on the job they do.
I'd much rather categorise people based on the code by which they live.
Well, everybody pays the bills.
And we don't need glib comments.
Everybody pays the bills.
Everybody works hard.
And everybody who works hard deserves to be supported.
And we're much more interdependent.
We're much more interdependent.
Like, let's...
Remember that agri-food products are exporting, bringing about 21 billion, I think, last year in terms of the revenue generated.
They're an important part of the ecosystem.
They're a part of the ecosystem.
There's many other parts too.