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Knocking on doors in the community on the fringes of Bicester, north of Oxford, Miller, the Liberal Democrat candidate, heard from residents with a variety of political backstories and motivations, some of whom had previously voted Tory, Labour or neither, some of whom had backed Brexit or remain.
All, however, had arrived at a common conclusion: this time they would vote for him, to try to defeat the Conservatives.
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Miller's Bicester and Woodstock seat, newly created under the boundary review, would have had a notional Conservative majority of about 15,000 in the 2019 election. Constituency-extrapolated polling finds he should win it.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة June 19, 2024 من The Guardian.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة June 19, 2024 من The Guardian.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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