“I just want a Labour government in and I want the Coalition out” – Mrs Duffy will be voting Labour in May

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Remember Mrs Duffy? The Grandmother from Rochdale was (understandably) upset when Gordon Brown was recorded calling her a “bigoted woman” in 2010. There has been a rebuilding of Duffy’s relationship with the party in recent years, and in an interview with Sky News, she’s confirmed she’ll be voting Labour in May:

“I’m not on the side of UKIP. They’re more right wing than the Tories. I’m voting Labour. I just want a Labour government in and I want the Coalition out.”

UKIP are more Tory than the Tories? Voting Labour to get rid of the Tories? Mrs Duffy is more on message than some Labour MPs…

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