Ulster Farmers' Union president delighted with response to UFU rally

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UFU president William Irvine has said the 6,000 plus farmers who turned out for their protest rally against the farm family tax has given them a massive mandate as they head to London tomorrow

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00:00So, you're bound to be pleased with the turnout tonight?

00:04We are massively pleased with the turnout tonight.

00:07When we pulled this together, we were hopeful of a couple of thousand.

00:12Six thousand is beyond our wildest dreams.

00:15And it just shows the genuine concern farm families are feeling right round the province.

00:20And does that give you a mandate now to go to London?

00:23That gives us a massive mandate.

00:25And we will be taking that to the Secretary of State tomorrow morning

00:28and laying our case on the table.

00:31We have 12,000 plus of petition to hand over to him.

00:37And we have the voice of Northern Agriculture spoke loud and clear tonight.

00:42And what will that delegation be made of tomorrow?

00:45That's made of myself and the two deputies.

00:49And I think it's 18 of our NextGen group.

00:55We purposely brought them because this really does affect the NextGeneration.

01:00And along with us is three representatives from the Young Farmers Clubs of Ulster.

01:05So we're taking 21 people over tomorrow.

01:07The two girls who spoke tonight got a massive response from the crowd.

01:11They really touched the heart of the crowd.

01:15To get that reaction from the crowd is just unbelievable for those two girls.

01:21But they nailed it with their comments.

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