Monkey business to fill Mandelson's seat

THE TIMES - 31 July

A colourful line-up in Hartlepool means this could be the liveliest political drama of the year

IT HAS a colourful cast of characters and great plot potential. But the monkey, the pirate, the martial arts expert and the chat show host is not a remake of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

It is the line-up poised to make the Hartlepool byelection to replace Peter Mandelson the liveliest political drama this year.

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