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I'm not a member of Momentum I'm afraid. Yes, the sexuality issue was being discussed in the constituency at the time and it was common knowledge in local political circles prior to 2006 to him leaving his wife. In the aftermath of his selection and election in 2001 some further members left...

I voted for Greg Barker in 2001, thanks. The spat and split in the Bexhill and Battle Tories isn't accurately recorded in your Googled article from 17 years ago I'm afraid - what was going on and being said by some was a disgrace. The nasty ones were those Tory's who defected to UKIP and Farage.

Did you live and vote in The Bexhill & Battle constituency in 2001 like I did and hear what was being said locally at the time, including by local Tory members in the regards to the split which had nothing to with The CV issue according to them?

Not just my thinking too, but very well known to some - Yes - He'd had dalliances whilst at university which were apparently common knowledge, then subsequently married. Wardle had to stand down in 2001 due to taking a role with Mohamed Al-Fayed, then bizarrely and surprisingly campaigned...

It's relevance is to what Farage actually meant when he was repeatably describing Barker as a 'highly inappropriate' choice in 2001 without elaborating as to why.

If I recall correctly, I'm more-or-less 10 years younger than you, so 1997 was the first time I voted in anything. I first voted Tory though in the 2001 General Election in Bexhill & Battle, as UKIP and this guy called Farage, was standing and claimed he actually could win, as well as repeatedly...

Overall my political views cover the centre left/left ground. In regards to the 'class warrior' thing - it's more a general rule of thumb that I don't like public school numpties as they're idiots - Thank you for replying to my post and proving my point.

I was very much 'left' in my teens and then drifted to the 'centre right' in my 20s. It was working in financial services through 2007-2009 though and seeing the madness of it first hand is partly what led to my conversion back to 'centre left'/'left' now as well.