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23: John Major: From Brixton to Downing Street (Part 1)

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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The Quest for a Conservative MP in a Rural Constituency

When you went for huntedton, you had 300 people up against you. That is quite a... So what were the qualities that you felt in yourself at that time? I might actually be able to go the whole way. It sounds like a very rural constituency. But it wasn't as rural as you may think. And many of the problems that were arising in Huntington were problems that I had been familiar with from London. Do you think you've been underestimated throughout your whole life by the Conservative party and by the country? Well, that's for others to judge, I think. John, you're looking very mischievous.

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