"what with thousands of farms already on the brink and those subsidies drying up."

This statement is true throughout the EU. As I said before the CAP has to have a revised system in place by 2020. This will have ramifications IN AND OUT OF THE EU. Instead of giving our CAP donation to the EU it could go straight to farmers. I refer you to my post below.
From: Iains - PM
Date: 08 Jan 18 - 07:10 AM
You do love to highlight perceived negatives, do you not?
I recommend you study the big picture and then you will see how fallacious your comments are!