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Thread #64024   Message #1045463
Posted By: Gareth
31-Oct-03 - 03:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Tory leadership
Subject: RE: BS: Tory leadership
DMcG

Happened once, to Ramsey MacDonald at Seaham Harbour, nr Durham in 1936 - Manny Shinwell put him out. Ramsey Mac was technically leader of National Labour at that time.

He was found a nice safe Conservative seat at a bye election shortly after, but was a broken man and died within a couple of years.

Gareth