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    Last night Bryant said suspicions would be raised that the Tories were "rewriting history" and attempting to cover up the far-right links of the man who now leads them in the European parliament. "Obviously, no Labour or Lib Dem working in parliament would want to airbrush out inconvenient truths about Michal Kaminski, especially just after the creation of the new Tory grouping ... The Conservative party should investigate whether they can say the same, and William Hague and Mark Francois should come clean over whether they or any of their staff altered Michal Kaminski's past." McMillan-Scott said: "It is shocking to discover that, after my explicit warning at the new group's inaugural meeting [on 24 June] about extremist links, Michal Kaminski's membership of the vile fascist National Revival of Poland group was removed from his Wikipedia page. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
    Obviously, no Labour or Lib Dem working in parliament would want to airbrush out inconvenient truths about Michal Kaminski, especially just after the creation of the new Tory grouping ... The Conservative party should investigate whether they can say the same, and William Hague and Mark Francois should come clean over whether they or any of their staff altered Michal Kaminski's past.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 1 month ago
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  1. The Conservative party should come clean. If this is the Tory party trying to airbrush the embarrassing past of their new friend in Europe from the record, they should have the courage to say so. However much they try, the Conservatives will never be able to hide the fact that they have jumped into bed ...
    Nick Clegg – Nick Clegg SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 1 month ago

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