Living the dream! Tory chairman enjoys morning pint of warm beer alongside a labrador after Labour minister's 'Far Right' attack on country life

Tory chairman Kevin Hollinrake joked he was 'living the dream' today as he enjoyed a cheeky early pint as a rebuke to a Labour minister's attack on country life. The Conservative frontbencher sipped a warm beer and was joined by Zuzu the labrador on stage at the party conference at 10:15 this morning. It came after Nature Minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter told a fringe event at Labour's party conference in Liverpool that a pint of bitter and gun dogs were part of a 'far-Right nostalgic vision of Britain that ... never really existed'. The Tories have leapt on her comments as proof that Labour does not understand the countryside. Mr Hollinrake was given a standing ovation after sipping the beer and telling activists : 'Everywhere I go, people tell me how much they love Kemi, including in my local pub, that place where I go to drink my far-right fantasy pint. 'With my far-right fantasy black lab.' The Conservative frontbencher sipped a warm beer and was joined by Zuzu the Labrador on stage at the party conference at 10:15 this morning. It came after Nature Minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter told a fringe event at Labour's party conference in Liverpool that a pint of bitter and gun dogs were part of a 'far-Right nostalgic vision of Britain that... never really existed.' Mr Hollinrake was given a standing ovation after sipping the beer and telling activists: 'Everywhere I go, people tell me how much they love Kemi, including in my local pub, that place where I go to drink my far-right fantasy pint' Suffolk Coastal MP Ms Riddell-Carpenter told her own party conference she fears the far-Right will battle to weaponise the countryside at the next election. 'This is one of the things I do stay awake at night about, and think about, and fear,' she told party members. 'One of them is that if we don't make the case for nature, for rural communities, and what we believe rural communities look like, I do believe that the next election is going to be fought on a battle line of nature and rural affairs. 'And there'll be the far-Right deciding and determining what that looks like. It'll be a vision, a nostalgic vision of Britain, that never really existed. 'It'll be that warm ale, a black Labrador by your feet in a pub that doesn't exist, and with symbolism of fox hunting all around them, it'll be a very far-Right nostalgic vision of Britain that we don't want to have, [and] never really existed.' She argued Labour will instead fight for a 'progressive' view of the countryside as they take on their rivals at the ballot box. Today she tried to row back on her remarks, telling the East Anglian Daily Times : 'I don't think black Labradors, pints or pubs are ''far-right'.'' She went on: 'What I was trying to say, though I can happily concede I didn't say it clearly enough, is that rural Britain has real challenges – across education, transport, connectivity and the cost of living. 'Not everything is rosy, even if it's often hidden from view by the beautiful scenery that draws tourists and visitors alike. 'And these are challenges Government can help to fix.'