Is hanging a monkey because you thought he was a French sailor offensive to the French or offensive to monkeys? Because it certainly isn’t offensive to the people of Hartlepool who, legend has it, actually strung that primate up. Surely they’re the folk most likely to take offence on account …
Read More »Breaking the Red Wall: Tory candidate wins in Labour stronghold Hartlepool for 1st time since 1974
Tory candidate Jill Mortimer came in first with 51.88%, beating her Labour opponent, Paul Williams, by almost 7,000 votes. She will be the first Conservative MP from the area since 1974. Hartlepool has been long considered part of Labour’s ‘Red Wall’ – a set of loyal strongholds in northern England. …
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