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Originally Posted by Mancie
The only possible way to vote in a General election is to vote for the party you think is right for the country.. unless any potential local candidate is expected to be a minister in a Government or could have a influence in national policy..Boris Johnston and Ken Livingstone are examples.. but they are the few... Ken Heargreaves the Tory MP for Accrington hated Thathcers Government but he had little influence on policy.
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Ken Hargreaves was a Thatcherite right down to his cotton socks, so I don't know where you got that wild idea from.
People prefer, given an option, a local M,P, which Hyndburn has had since 1983, and is presumably why the local Conservatives are so keen on another, even if they've been twice rejected already, rather than some hug-a-hoodie toff, sent by Cameron.