The personification of a political swingometer, Gillian Duffy thought she was speaking for the nation when she stated: “I’m voting Labour. I want a Labour government and to get behind Ed Miliband as our leader” prior to the 2015 General Election. Her wishes went the same way as Miliband’s stone. Described as a “bigoted woman” by Gordon Brown in 2010 (he was subsequently embarrassed into making an apology to her in person), Rochdale based Duffy has also flirted with the “authenticity” of UKIP’s Nigel Farage and liked to sing “The Red Flag” as a teenager. She is a widow, mother of one and a grandmother of two.
Two stories to keep beside you
Gillian Clarke (1941 – 2015)
The late daughter of schoolteachers from Sidcup, Kent and a mother of two, Gillian Clarke met her Conservative politician husband Kenneth at Cambridge in 1963.
Christopher Mason
A somewhat eccentric British-American transplant, Christopher Mason describes himself as an author, journalist, photographer, singer-songwriter and television presenter.
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Are you sure she is not Bruce Jenner?
As in another comment today; not only are the poor always with us; the poorly behaved are too
David Cameron’s administration may not be perfect, but they are better than any conceivable alternative…..help them and support them as there are stormy conditions ahead
Stormy conditions that on one can stop! It’s all the way down the drain from now on.
What a load of old bullshit! Are we expected to fall for this little con job.