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Author: Mike Smithson

Kemi now clear betting favourite to be next CON leader

Kemi now clear betting favourite to be next CON leader

It is hard to see Sunak being CON leader in 18 months time. A general election will have had to have taken place during that time period and it is very hard on current polling that there will be anything other than a LAB majority. The real problem is that the Tories have been in power since May 2010 and there is a big desire for change. Switching the leader several times has had not marked impact on the public…

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The city of Gaza was where I first met my wife

The city of Gaza was where I first met my wife

With Israel and Gaza totally dominating the news agenda it prompts my own personal memories of the area particularly because it was in Gaza City that I first met my wife, Jacky. This was in 1968 the year after the six day war when both of us were on a trip for students that had been organised by a body that existed to get backing for the then relatively new state of Israel. We had flown in overnight and Gaza…

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