Indeed. At the beginning of 1939, the Conservative party actively tried to deselect Churchill. Winston Churchill had to conduct a surgery; he had to go to his constituency and find out where Chingford or Chigwell—whatever it is called—was.
Parliamentary Standards Bill
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Denis MacShane
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 30 June 2009.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Parliamentary Standards Bill.
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