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In your field: James Robinson - "Whatever colour badge they wear, MPs are there to represent us"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

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In your field: James Robinson - "Whatever colour badge they wear, MPs are there to represent us"

It must be officially autumn now, the leaves in the hedges are changing colour, there is mud everywhere and I am typing this In Your Field while Michelle is watching Strictly Come Dancing. There is...

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