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Daily Archives: May 9, 2014
Is he frit? Nigel Farage and the Newark By-election
When Margaret Thatcher taunted the then Labour leader, Michael Foot, that he was ‘frightened, frit’ by the prospect of a general election in 1983, Labour went on to suffer their worst general election result since 1935.The Conservative Party will be … Continue reading