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Even UK towns that hated Tories are now happy to vote for Theresa May

Tue, May 23, 2017 - 5:50 AM

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UK PM Theresa May (left) is more popular than her Tories while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn rates worse than his party.
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IN 1980, David Cottrell was among 10,000 steel workers who lost their jobs under Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher when the nationalised British Steel Corp closed its plant in Shotton, northeast Wales.

Thirty-seven years later, Mr Cottrell is 62 and owns the...

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