Why haven't any of our would-be MPs got normal English names, asks Tory official Peter Hobbins

Reported by MailOnline on Friday, 20 November 2009 (on November 20, 2009)

A former Tory Parliamentary candidate was suspended
by the party after complaining that people bidding to become an MP did not have ‘normal’ English names.

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