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Threats from mammoth banks and Brussels fuel May’s poll rates

May 11, 2017 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

The Theresa May brexiteer government has started feeling the heat about their choice to fight an electoral battle on a clear and loud plea, that a vote for Tories on 8 June is a vote for a hard Brexit. And mind you the closer we get to the polling date the more heated the controversy […]

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