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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social

Given that ministers’ housing portfolios are back in the news, here is Sir Alec Douglas Home in the 1963 Kinross and West Perthshire by-election:

‘When asked if he intended to buy a house in the constituency, No, replied Sir Alec, “I have too many houses to live in already.”

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    NG @ng1978.bsky.social

    Unfashionable (I think) view. MPs shouldn’t be expected to have a home in the constituency. Their job’s in London. When they need to visit, stay in a hotel and expense it.

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