The National Farmers Union (NFU) said farmers had been "overwhelmed by his generosity".

BBC: Sheep in the snow

Mr Lloyd said although it had been "a long and somewhat convoluted process", he had been touched by the support and generosity shown to him by so many people in his Eastbourne and Willingdon constituency since the case had started.

BBC: Stephen Lloyd MP

One suspects that Timon of Athens had the right idea for dealing with the ungrateful poet and painter who abused his generosity.

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