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Farming matters: Tom Clarke - 'Farming must find its voice but also listen to public'

The poster covered the whole rear window of the hatchback. ‘I back the farmers’, it declared. Sat at a traffic light in north London, my heart skipped a beat. Alas, looking closer, they didn’t mean us.

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Farming matters: Tom Clarke - 'Farming must find its voice but also listen to public'

The poster covered the whole rear window of the hatchback. ‘I back the farmers', it declared. Sat at a traffic light in north London, my heart skipped a beat. Alas, looking closer, they didn't mean us....

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