merseysider
militant centrist
Jr. Member
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« on: August 10, 2007, 12:40:31 PM » |
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A former coal miner who's been a backbencher for most of the 20 years since he was first elected, apart from a short spell as an opposition whip.
He's retiring at the next election which will inevitably trigger a fierce battle for what is arguably the safest Labour seat in the UK. At the last local elections in Easington Labour had won almost two-thirds of the seats before a single vote had been cast, due to the shortage of opposition candidates.
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