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Labour minister warns far-right will weaponise rural nostalgia

By Drooid · Sep 29, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC · How we work

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Labour Nature Minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter warned far-right will weaponise nostalgic rural vision at next election.
She called the pub-ale-black Labrador image a ‘far-right fantasy that never existed’.
Former No10 adviser James Price said Riddell-Carpenter shows Labour ‘really hates this country’.
Chairman Kevin Hollinrake called the remarks an attack on pubs and demanded an apology.
GB News commentator Benedict Spence called the comments sinister and linked them to protests over migrant-housing plans.

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Labour Nature Minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter warned far-right will weaponise nostalgic rural vision at next election.
She called the pub-ale-black Labrador image a ‘far-right fantasy that never existed’.
Former No10 adviser James Price said Riddell-Carpenter shows Labour ‘really hates this country’.
Chairman Kevin Hollinrake called the remarks an attack on pubs and demanded an apology.
GB News commentator Benedict Spence called the comments sinister and linked them to protests over migrant-housing plans.