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From the editor: Farage's pitch to Wales strikes right at the heart of rural anxieties

This week from Farmers Guardian acting editor Katie Jones

Katie Jones
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From the editor: Farage's pitch to Wales strikes right at the heart of rural anxieties

Amid a flurry of activity from photographers and journalists, Nigel Farage swept into the pressroom at the Royal Welsh Show this week to announce his newest recruit; Laura Anne Jones, who triumphantly...

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