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Old 17-01-2010, 08:52   #229
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Re: Potential Conservative Candidate for Parliament

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Originally Posted by Mancie View Post
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 Hargreaves the Tory MP for Accrington hated Thatchers Government but he had little influence on policy.
Well that's news to me, and I was one of Kens team, Ken Hargreaves disagreed with some of Thatchers policy such as the Community Charge, and voted accordingly in the house, but to say he hated the Thatcher government is totally wrong
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