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22 February 2010

Why Bercow won’t be defeated

The press is wrong to hype up Ukip's chances.

By George Eaton

Today’s Times excitedly reports that the former Tory donor Stuart Wheeler, who was kicked out of the party for donating £100,000 to the UK Independence Party, plans to donate another £100,000 to help the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage unseat the Speaker, John Bercow.

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