With Tony Blair out in Redditch today supporting Jackie Smith - of all candidates - I was curious as to whether his predecessor as PM, Sir John Major was doing any campaigning for Conservative contenders.
I'm told not:
"He did all his campaigning before the election kicked off," says Sir John's spokesman, who says the former leader discussed the issue with David Cameron.
"He [Sir John] thinks the spotlight should be on the current team."
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Comment number 1.
At 4th May 2010, stevie wrote:I would like to ask Tony....where he got his tan? How come he ended up with eight mill in the bank? Why have three quarters of a million people mainly women and children died in Iraq? Think I would get an answer?
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