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Rosie Duffield’s re-join remarks will haunt the Labour party

Rosie Duffield (photo: Parliament)
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Every party keeps on file a list of rash things politicians in other parties have said that can be used against them at a later date.

Way back when I was directing Ukip’s 2014 European parliamentary campaign, I built up a ‘helpful contributions’ folder containing print-outs of gaffes and embarrassing admissions made by pro-EU MPs and MEPs.

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