Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts has fired a warning shot against Net Zero, cautioning against the eco-crusade in agriculture. Roberts sounded the alarm over the government’s green policies to make farming more “sustainable”, arguing they might uproot Britain’s food independence, leaving the UK dependent on foreign imports. Writing in The Times today, Roberts’ sowed the seeds of doubt:

“The current approach risks inadvertently reducing the level of UK production. This will affect capacity here and lead to more ­imported food — which of course is less sustainable.”

More (green) tape around farming will only lead to a lack of production and angry farmers. Farmers have already ploughed through the streets of Europe over green policies affecting their industry, and it may only be a matter of time until British farmers do the same. Go green, go broke…