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The OP's already done the job now, I think.dig out the plastic with Stanley knife, bradawl, fine nail, pointed kitchen knife. then clean thread with a brass 1/2 male fitting screwed in and out a few times; get a brass shanks fill valve (screwfix do one) to avoid risk of shearing plastic stem in future.
Reply to the thread, titled "plastic pipe stuck inside copper nut & pipe" which is posted in UK Plumbers Forums on Plumbers Forums.
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