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New blow for Tories as lead slips in marginals

Publié par Clifford Armion le 03/05/2010

Nigel Morris and Michael Savage

"The Conservative lead is crumbling in the crucial marginal seats that David Cameron is relying on to deliver general election victory for the party, a poll last night disclosed.

"The result was a fresh setback for the Tory leader after a torrid day in which he was drawn deeper into the row over the billionaire peer Lord Ashcroft, when it emerged that he had known for less than a month that Lord Ashcroft had maintained his non-dom tax status for 10 years.

"The chances of the party drawing a line under the controversy were also wrecked by the announcement that Lord Ashcroft will be summoned to the Commons to explain why he negotiated a secret deal to enter the House of Lords without paying tax in this country on his overseas fortune."

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"New blow for Tories as lead slips in marginals", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), mai 2010. Consulté le 26/03/2023. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/new-blow-for-tories-as-lead-slips-in-marginals