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Thursday 20th September 2012

A UKIP/Con pact?


I appeared on the Daily Politics today to discuss the prospect of a UKIP/Con pact (as well as Katie Hopkins's new political venture). I thought it was an intelligent, well-informed discussion, but someone else described it as the political equivalent of a Monty Python sketch. Make your own mind up by clicking here

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