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Tory MPs have new nickname for Carswell and Reckless

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There is no love lost between UKIP defectors Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless and their old Tory colleagues.

Catty Conservative MPs have for some reason nicknamed the Ukip twosome ‘Popeye and Olive Oyl’. Mr S will let you decide which is which.

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