Cowan suspended
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Oh dear, oh dear, as if it's not bad enough trailing third in the polls, today, to add to Labour's woes, they've had to sack a candidate in the east.
was fighting the seat - until offensive remarks he made on the internet came to light.
He had boasted of his sexual exploits, appealed for nude models and written that he wouldn't want his children to marry a Muslim.
Labour moved quickly to suspend him so, with just ten days to go until the general election, the constituency finds itself without a Labour candidate.
The flamboyant Mr Cowan had already been expelled from the Lib Dems.
It's too late though, to replace him with another candidate or to remove his name from the ballot paper.
Some people indidn't seem too worrried at the prospect of not having a Labour candidate; " He probably doesn't stand too much of a chance round here anyway," commented one woman.
They came third last time but there were still 11,000 voters who put a cross in a Labour box.
This time they're being told to - 'hold their nose and and vote for the party not the candidate'.
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At 27th Apr 2010, Alex wrote:It's silly the the Labour party want people to vote for him anyway. If people that usually voted Labour actually voted for the LidDem candidate than suddenly Paice's thumping majority doesn't look quite so thumping anymore.
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