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Old 24-07-2009, 11:26   #13
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Re: Immanuel by election result

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Originally Posted by jaysay View Post
There was only a 45% turnout in the Norwich Parliamentary By-election.
Like I say the annual wakes weeks holidays might be an added reason for a low turnout. The roads and shops were noticably quiet earlier in the week.

The main reason I suspect is dismay over the allowances scandals.

Still, we've had allowance scandals here for ages, so you'd think the local population would have got used to it by now.

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