Welsh MP combines dairy farming with politics

West Wales farmer Ann Davies MP has returned to Westminster after reflecting on an extraordinary first year in Parliament, juggling her farm work with politics

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Ann Davies is steady, confident and undeterred, even though representing a rural constituency for the minority Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party, is not for the fainthearted. The summer recess...

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