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27 February 2015

Tristram Hunt: “You wouldn’t go to an accountant because they really like numbers“

Ahead of Ukip's conference in Margate, Tristram Hunt says that Labour can use the politics of aspiration to attack Ukip.

By Stephen Bush

(Photo By "We've got to shine a light on Ukip policies" (Photo:Getty))

Tristram Hunt has returned from the Medway in a pugnacious mood.  

The shadow education secretary has described Ukip, who are seeking to supplant Labour as the second force in Kent, as a “clarifying force”, and I sense that the trip to Kent has the same effect on him.

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