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April 14, 2005
Time for a "Portillo moment" in Blackburn?
The Guardian - Off with their heads: Alternatively, Muslim voters could make a point in Blackburn. Jack Straw was about 9,000 ahead in 2001, but this time he faces a Tory opponent in the shape of an anti-war Muslim, Imtiaz Ameen, and Craig Murray, the former ambassador to Uzbekistan, who cried foul over human rights abuses and was sacked by Straw for his pains. It's a long shot, but the departure of the foreign secretary would surely count as 2005's Portillo moment.
Could Jack Straw be the new Michael Portillo?
Posted by richard on April 14, 2005 8:08 AM in the category The Election
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