I was intrigued by Gazette speculation of the town electing a Labour MP. This is a Tory town, in a Tory county, and as I have written before in these pages, if the Tories put up a carrot, as a candidate, it would still win.

The Tories are useless and have wasted 13 years in government, most of the party are not even Conservatives. It's still a tall order for them to lose.

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Now, let's look at the Labour candidate, he looks like a nice enough person but has never had a proper job. What skills, does he believe he can bring to Parliament? We already have too many career MPs, with no experience, do we need another?

David White

Coates Close

Basingstoke

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