A top Tory has visited Essex as the General Election phoney war hots up.

Farm visit - shadow agriculture minister James Paice, centre at Leapingwells Farm, Kelvedon, with Brooks Newmark and farmer Brian Siggers. Picture: ADRIAN RUSHTON 40592-1

With Braintree a key marginal seat for the two main parties in the election, expected in early May, shadow agriculture minister James Paice MP became the latest in a succession of key political figures to visit the constituency.

Mr Paice visited Park Farm House in Kelvedon yesterday to discuss farming policy and lend support to the campaign of Brooks Newmark, Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Braintree.

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Published Friday, January 21, 2005