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Election News In Brief
The millionaire businessman Paul Sykes has said he was "disappointed" with the Labour landslide, but insisted he did not see the £1.5 million he
contributed to Euro-sceptic fighting funds as a waste. He accused the major parties of failing to have a "free and open" debate on Europe in the campaign, which he said had left ordinary voters completely unaware of the true significance of the issue. Mr Sykes said he would not be lending his support to any candidate in the contest for the Tory leadership, but he had harsh words for Kenneth Clarke, whom he accused of "dreaming" in his claim that it was possible to join the European single currency without abandoning control over Britain's taxation and spending policies.
Tony Blair's old school has snubbed his New Labour party by voting to keep a Tory government. In a mock election for staff and pupils in the top three years of Fettes School in Edinburgh, a totoal of 268 votes were cast after a hustings where pupils represented the different parties. The Conservatives polled 39% of the votes, Labour ran second with 28%, the Liberal Democrats got 18%, and the SNP 9%. The Natural Law, Referendum and Green parties accounted for all the other votes. Mr Blair was a scholarship pupil at the school from 1966-71 - but fees now stand at £12,500 a year. The master-in-charge, Mark Peel, of the school's Politics Society said the vote was a fair reflection of the politicals viewpoint of the school.
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