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Opinion: Why Lib Dems should hot-foot it to Sefton Central

By Richard Clein | Thu 8th October 2009 - 9:55 am

Don’t be put off by the train station sounding Sefton Central – the news that Claire Curtis-Thomas, once dubbed the UK’s most expensive MP, is standing down should signal a re-evaluation of the Liberal Democrats chances in this new seat.

No-one is surprised by Ms Curtis-Thomas’s decision as she has gone from being the country’s most expensive MP to one of the most inactive. I have been the prospective Parliamentary candidate for two years, and in that time there has only ever been reactive responses from the Labour camp. In terms of literature, the only thing that has hit …

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Posted in Selection news | Also tagged claire curtis-thomas, richard clein and sefton central | 12 Comments

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