Skinner: The hon. Member for Edge Hill seems a bit upset ab… - Dennis Skinner

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Skinner: The hon. Member for Edge Hill seems a bit upset about my saying that he was not there half the time. Will he settle for my agreeing that he was there the other half? That is an advance.

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Dennis Edward Skinner (born 11 February 1932) is a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover from the 1970 general election to 2019, when he lost his seat. He was a member of the National Executive Committee for many years from 1978 and served as the Chairman of the Labour Party from 1988 to 1989.

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