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I really do not mind if you want to throw stones at me, Mr Fairlie, but the reason why I did not come to see you is that I happened to be in Australia for my son’s wedding. If you begrudge my going to my son’s wedding, so be it.
When I had a surgery in Lossiemouth just a few weeks ago, a parent came to me to say that she was at the end of her tether, because she has seen very clearly that the support for her son in primary school has dwindled in recent years.
I doubt whether I will be able to hand my small farm over to my son, and that gives me a worry. The tax gives every farmer in Scotland a worry, and I am not surprised about that.
I’m a single mother already cutting back on everything to provide for bills and food for my seven-year-old son and myself. If I don’t pay such a high rent, we will be evicted and end up homeless.”