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Politics is a dirty place. My good friend J has thrown her hat in the ring for the parliametary candidature for the neighbouring constituency. This means she is trying to get selected by the party to stand as the MP candidate in the next general election. her constituency and mine are 'twinned' so many of the main players are the same in both. The faction I've mentioned before and who make life very difficult in my constituency are also doing the same in hers. They would rather have our party lose the seat than win it with J as the candidate.
The selection fight has started to get nasty. The other faction have started leaking stuff to the press and generally undermining J in favour of another candidate. What upsets me is they have no reason at all to harbour such hatred towards her. Not only are they smearing her in the press they are slandering her to anyone who'll listen. I cannot understand the level of vitriol. I mean, I can understand them hating me.....I am absolutely their enemy and have (and will continue to) attacked them; though never in the press, I will always keep in behind the party doors. J has never done anything to any of them. She's a really lovely person.
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