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Farming Matters: John Davies - 'I only wish we had a House of Common Sense'

While the world is captured by the ravages of Covid 19, the practice of a former political spin doctor to use a ‘crisis to bury bad news’ is as alive as ever.

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Farming Matters: John Davies - 'I only wish we had a House of Common Sense'

While the world is captured by the ravages of Covid 19, the practice of a former political spin doctor to use a ‘crisis to bury bad news' is as alive as ever. Politicians really do not learn and definitely...

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