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Article: The golden set pay homage at the court of Sir James
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 19, 1996
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Britain's newest political party arrived in Brighton yesterday,
not quite sure if they were attending an opening night of the
latest bash in the season or a gala performance by Sir James
Goldsmith and the crusaders of his Referendum Party. Nevertheless,
they insisted they were all there to regain Britannia's supremacy.
Brighton is used to political gatherings. The town has partied
with every party, but yesterday there was a detectable frisson of
excitement. In the Metropole Hotel, appropriately overlooking the
waves of the English Channel, passes were handed out to the world's
press anxious to learn what the Referendum Party was claiming to be
the most important question our nation faces: ...