OPINION: Labour members left confused by Trailer of Truth

Farmers spent weeks preparing to protest outside the Labour Party conference, however, the sentiment appeared to get lost in the sea of other protestors who joined them. Farmers Guardian news and business reporter Mia Willemsen discusses the day

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OPINION: Labour members left confused by Trailer of Truth

Farmers have spent the last few weeks taking three trailers around the UK to gather important messages from farmers, in hopes of delivering them at the Labour Conference in Liverpool. On the day, farmers...

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