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Will the Tories lose the true-blue constituency of Tiverton and Honiton?

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Will Devon's Conservatives Abandon Old Loyalty?

The economy was the big one. I think it's an area in which people feel inflation, particularly the kind of inflation that we're experiencing at the moment,. And i think that worries people much more than what's going on. There is quite a strong feeling among farmers now that trade deals are being done very quickly. That could lead to an influx of cheaper produce into the country - just at the point where the u k is basing its subsidy regime on environmental stewardship. It may be that after a period of uncertainty, they get better payments for farming that they would rather do. The farmer that i spoke to in tiveson and honnton said, in this industry, we plan

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