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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Battle for Hammersmith: small businessses claim that Tory campaign 'duped' them

Top London Blogger Chris Underwood in Shepherds Bush:

Shaun Bailey, the Conservative candidate for the Bush at the General Election, has been running what I thought was a very effective local campaign by getting over 50 small businesses in Hammersmith and Shepherd's Bush to sign up to a petition against the proposed rise in National Insurance put forward by Labour...Now it seems some of those on his list want to come off it - pronto. Rizwana Ali, who'se family owns the H&F newsagent Rose News is "outraged" that the Tories have "duped" her family into appearing on a party political list.

It gets more complicated though. Now read on.

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