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THENATIONALPULSE (Jack Montgomery) - REVEALED: Labour’s Minister Who Hates the ‘Far-Right’ Countryside Said She Wishes She Wasn’t English. Tue Sep 29 14:24:04 2026

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, Britain's Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature who dismissed traditional countryside life as a "far-right" fantasy, previously said she wishes she wasn't English.

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, Britain’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature, spent Labour’s party conference warning comrades that a countryside of “warm ale [and] a black Labrador by your feet in a pub” is supposedly a “very far-right nostalgic vision of Britain that we don’t want to have , and never really existed.” The Member of Parliament for England’s Suffolk Coast, a seat of farms, coastal towns, and village pubs, said this vision of the countryside kept her “awake at night,” and must be swept aside in favor of Labour’s “progressive vision” for rural Britain. The National Pulse can now reveal that, in addition to disdaining traditional countryside life, she has said on multiple occasions that she wishes she was not English at all. The National Pulse publishes original political profiles that expose what people in power really believe. If you value this work, please JOIN THE NATIONAL PULSE or MAKE A DONATION today. We are 100% reader-funded. The Posts.  Riddell-Carpenter first expressed her displeasure at being English in August 2012, a few years after she graduated with a master’s degree in Islamic History from the infamously woke SOAS University of London, formerly the School of Oriental and African Studies. Writing about a trip to the French Riviera on Twitter (now X), she said : “This weekend back in Nice. Sun, sand and sea. Why, oh why am I english? #ifgodknewme” These feelings intensified in 2016 , when the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, with majorities in England and Wales supporting Brexit while most Scots and Northern Irish voted to remain in the bloc. Writing one day after the referendum, she said : “England and English prose are both letting me down today. No words to describe how bad this is. #Brexit #ukfail” Two days later, she again wrote that she wished she wasn’t English, saying : “My god. I really want to be Scottish. The English just don’t get it. It’s so shameful. #bbcqt #ScotlandinEurope” Later the same day, she added : “I’m currently searching jobs in scotland . It’s happening. #Brexit #ScotlandinEurope” And a little later, on the prospect of defecting to Scotland in the event of the country leaving the United Kingdom to rejoin the European Union, she said : “I’m there! Brexit result has made Scottish independence inevitable. And I want in.” The National Pulse relies on readers to fund these deep dives into what politicians really think. If you want to keep it RADICALLY INDEPENDENT, please JOIN THE NATIONAL PULSE or MAKE A DONATION today. Representing Rural Voices? The National Pulse previously reported on Riddell-Carter spending 2015 praising Angela Merkel’s mass importation of migrants, saying she “Wish[ed] the British had as warm hearts and open arms” towards migrants as the Germans. She also called then-Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s border controls a lurch toward “fascism,” and sneered at train passengers en route to the English market town of Henley she overheard talking about the migrant crisis, writing , “Take me back to [London].” In 2025, she said that “rural areas have been left behind” and are “frequently misunderstood,” and promised to “ensure rural voices are no longer ignored and that our rural communities are at the centre of national conversations about growth , opportunity, and our country’s future.” However, her dismissal of traditional countryside life as a “far-right” fantasy, alongside her stated preference for multicultural London and embarrassment at her English background, will cause many in those left-behind communities to doubt she has their best interests at heart. If you want to help Raheem J. Kassam and his team uncover the real views of the people in government, please JOIN THE NATIONAL PULSE or MAKE A DONATION today. Join Pulse+ to comment below, and receive exclusive e-mail analyses.