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OPINION: Rhetoric is all very well, but it won't keep your farm afloat

Political grandees were out in force this week to support the Campaign for the Countryside. While their words captured the headlines, farmers know its actual policy that counts

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 3 min read
OPINION: Rhetoric is all very well, but it won't keep your farm afloat

This week's Countryside Alliance rural reset rally called on the services of political heavyweights Lord Cameron and former Labour Home Secretary Lord Blunkett to help hammer home the message that the...

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