Modern England comes as a shock to most Westminster persons. The former Tory MP Matthew Parris was so appalled when he visited Clacton that the resulting article was used in Ukip propaganda in the by-election there. Mr Parris appeared to be looking down a very long nose indeed at that town’s people and their lives. It didn’t seem to cross his mind that he – as a politician, broadcaster and influential journalist – might have helped to make it like that. At first glance, Rochester is not much like Clacton. It is an ancient cathedral city you might have glimpsed and wondered about as you took the Eurostar to Paris, or the M2 to Dover, and saw its Norman keep and ancient spire in the middle distance.
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Those living in Rochester and Stood urged to vote to make a difference
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In Strood there was a 'curious and angry apathy' ahead of the election
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David Cameron is labelled a transparent snake-oil salesman
I am amazed it has taken so long for ordinary @placeholder supporters to see through their party and particularly through David Cameron, an unusually transparent snake-oil salesman, even for these times.