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Eric Forth dies

Posted: May 18th, 2006 | Author: Aaron | Filed under: politics, uk |

Eric Forth
Eric Forth (1944-2006)

Guido Fawkes, here, pays tribute to the Conservative MP, and former minister, Eric Forth, who died last night in Charing Cross Hospital. Eric was suffering from cancer.

Another real character is lost from our increasingly moribund parliament.

A by-election in his constituency of Bromley, where Forth comanded a 13,000 strong majority, will be held later in the year.

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One Comment on “Eric Forth dies”

  1. 1 tygerland.net » Heartland Heartbreak said at 9:35 am on June 30th, 2006:

    [...] Opinion polls are notoriously misleading however, just ask Neil Kinnock. In fact, in another by-election last night, in the “safe” South East England seat of Bromley and Chislehurst, where the Tories enjoyed a majority of 13,342, Cameron’s party saw a humiliating fall from grace, as their candidate limped over the line after a traditional Lib Dem by-election assault. With a majority of just 633, new Conservative MP Bob Neill, a former member of the London Assembly, will take the seat of former Tory Hero, the late great Eric Forth. [...]