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UKIP’s secret weapon in Rotherham – Neil Hamilton?

November 27, 2012 2:39 pm

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UKIP are aiming to take Rotherham from Labour on Thursday, in the wake of recent events there.

So who do they unleash as their secret weapon in their bid to win the seat of disgraced former MP Denis MacShane?

Disgraced ex-MP Neil Hamilton (and his wife Christine) of course…

(Not to be confused with Rotherham’s Labour councillor Neil Hamilton)

UKIP couldn’t really win this seat? Could they?

I’ll be taking a look at the possibility of an upset in each of Thursday’s by-elections tomorrow…

aracataca

Is Middlesbrough at risk?:
http://www.oddschecker.com/politics-and-election/middlesbrough-by-election/winning-party

Even Rotherham looks a long shot:
http://www.oddschecker.com/politics-and-election/rotherham-by-election/winning-party

We had all this last week in respect of Corby.
- LordElpus
  
  Considering Labour is a strong odds-on UKIP at 6/1 shows how much the bookies feel the antics of the last few months have hurt Labour.
http://www.facebook.com/glynnparry Glen Parry

niel hamilton disgraced ex tory mp and convicted crimminal who has served a long prison sentence what a role model for ukip
NT86

Christine Hamilton is quite the cougar
NT86

Christine Hamilton is quite the cougar
NT86

Christine Hamilton is quite the cougar
Chrisso

There
will be relief if Labour keeps what has been one of the
safest Labour seats in the country, despite the party’s best attempts to
lose it. There should be an inquest (whatever the result) into what went wrong, to make sure it’s never repeated.

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