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Article: Lone figure among a sea of red; Taking over from Sir Norman Fowler is no mean feat. Mel Hunter meets his successor Andrew Mitchell.(ROP)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- June 11, 2001
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Byline: Mel Hunter
After the political massacre of election night Andrew Mitchell must surely have woken up with a confused head.
Like some kind of torture ritual, he was forced to watch as one by one, count by count, his colleagues fell by the wayside and and his party's ambitions were reduced to a pile of dust.
But then like the lone soldier who stands bemused after a bloody battle, Mr Mitchell was returned to the safe Conservative seat of Sutton Coldfield.
Although for his party there was carnage all around, his was ...