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Iain Dale’s EXCLUSIVE Norwich North story: less than meets the eye

By Stephen Tall | Wed 24th June 2009 - 6:40 pm

Tory blogger Iain Dale got very over-excited last night with his EXCLUSIVE article, Clegg Approached Martin Bell & EDP Editor to Stand in Norwich North. Sorry to say it, Iain, but I’m a little underwhelmed. Here’s why…

First of all, Iain has hardly covered himself in glory in his coverage to date of the Lib Dem by-election campaign in Norwich North. He made a bit of a prat of himself last week, when accusing the party’s candidate April Pond of “whoring” herself around Norfolk, as she was already selected for the new parliamentary seat of Broadland. (And yes, that’s …

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Posted in Op-eds and Parliamentary by-elections | Also tagged april pond, iain dale, martin bell and norwich north | 24 Comments

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