Big Farmer: how is the farming lobby impacting politics in India and the UK?

In the UK, Rachel Reeves' first budget has led to significant unhappiness within the farming community, with thousands of farmers (and supporters like Jeremy Clarkson) marching on Downing Street. Is this just a matter of tax fairness or is Reeves jeopardising food security in an already precarious industry? Tom Hamilton gives the view from London and, with Emily Tamkin away for Thanksgiving, Rohan Venkat probes the situation and discusses how India has a long history of farmers proving an influential political caucus.Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/27/britain-farming-family-farm-inheritance-taxhttps://article-14.com/post/how-the-costs-of-the-adani-bribery-scandal-will-be-borne-by-india-s-electricity-consumers-may-increase-power-cuts--6741c1d1d3a18Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks:ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM version of the show)India Inside Out by Rohan VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe Political Tricycle is a Podot podcast.It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat.Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.For sales and advertising, email [email protected] watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.