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Re: Conservative Parliamentary Selection
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Originally Posted by steeljack
Nothing against local candidates wanting to represent their own area but can anyone name an ex-Prime Minister or leader of the Opposition who represented a constituancy where he was born or spent a greater part of his life ,I'm thinking most were 'parachuted' in from outside.
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I made a similar observation, and can't think of any, off the top of my head.
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Originally Posted by garinda
I know what you mean, but if all local Conservative associations thought so parochially, John Major, Margaret Thatcher, or Winston Churchill would never had a seat, having no ties to the constituencies they represented in Huntingdon, Finchley, and Oldham/Northwest Manchester/Dundee/Epping/Woodford, respectively.
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http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ans-51381.html
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