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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn and Helena Horton

Nigel Farage excluded from farmer rally speakers amid fears over Brexit role

The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at the rally outside Downing Street in London.
A source close to Farage claimed the organisers had been ‘bullied’ by the Tories. Photograph: Krisztián Elek/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Nigel Farage was left out of the line-up of political leaders who spoke at the farmers’ protest outside Downing Street, amid concerns over his divisive role in Brexit and fears he would overshadow the event.

Representatives of all parties were originally invited to speak, according to organisers of a protest at which tens of thousands of farmers listened to Kemi Badenoch, Ed Davey and other speakers, including the journalist Jeremy Clarkson.

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