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Eastleigh by-election: Tories pin hope on anti-gay marriage, anti-Europe local- The Conservative candidate in the Eastleigh by-election has said she would vote to leave the European Union, is against gay marriage and has declared that she is “not a rich Tory toff”.
Maria Hutchings, who was selected to fight the election following the resignation of disgraced former minister Chris Huhne, was meeting voters for the first time alongside Grant Shapps, the chairman of the Conservative Party.Asked if she would vote to leave the EU in an in-out referendum Mrs Hutchings said: “If there was a referendum now, I would vote out”.
“We have in David Cameron a Prime Minister who is taking this country forward,” Mrs Hutchings said. “I want to see what he can renegotiate.”
They're trying to chase UKIP off by picking a candidate that dances to the UKIP tune. How sweet of them. I still wouldn't vote blue, though.
08 Feb 2013, 10:25 am
