EU President has the charisma of a damp rag

[Louis VI the Fat]

I think we should have a Common Agricultural Policy, as in a actual policy, but I don't believe we should have a "Compulsory Charity for Lazy French Farmers"

French farmers are not lazy. The soil is simply that fertile that one sows in March, then sits in the sun reading philosophy and poetry all throughout a glorious sun-filled summer and then reaps a bountiful harvest over two days in September.

The Briton by contrast has to slave like an ox all year round only to still reap a the most meagre of harvests.

That's why its better to invest in French agriculture - better return on investment, plus it leaves even the French peasant so cultured that French arts and literature flourish as much as the land itself, allowing a double harvest of agricultural and intellectual culture so rich that the whole of Europe can bask in its glory.