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“Let’s hope so,” said Griff, “because our private polls show that what happened in Berlin is not a high priority forconfirms it The public are far ration In fact, there arewardens in the Broad than about your nocturnal habits when you’re not at ho some letters from the pile on his desk, “just listen to any of these Dear Sir Giles, if everyone who slept with a tart or had an affair were to vote for you, you’d double your majority Good luck”

“I can see it now,” said Giles “Vote for Barrington if you’ve had an extramarital affair”

E of Griff’s casual attitude to Giles’s behavior

“And here’s another one,” said Griff, ignoring Giles’s comment “Dear Sir Giles, I’ve never voted Labour before, but I’d prefer to vote for a sinner than for someone like Alex Fisher who poses as a saint Yours reluctantly, etc But this one’s my favorite Dear Sir Giles, I must say I admire your taste in woive me her phone number”

I only wish I knew her phone nuht Giles

FISHER TURNS DOWN DEBATE CHALLENGE

“He’sthe paper around so they could all see the headline on the front page

“But he’s the one with a three percent lead in the polls,” said Giles “That’s not a mistake, it’s just common sense”

“Couldn’t agreeyou down that’s the mistake I quote, ‘I wouldn’t want to be seen in the same room as that man’ A foolish error People don’t like personal attacks, so we e of it Make it clear that you will turn up, and if he doesn’t the electorate can draw their own conclusions” Griff continued to read the article, and it was not long before he smiled for a second time “It’s not often that the Liberals come to our aid, but Simon Fletcher has told the News that he’ll be happy to participate in the debate But then, he’s got nothing to lose I’ll issue a press stateet back to work You’re not winning any votes sitting around in my office”

“Good ton, and I’eneral election on Thursday June eighteenth…”

Just as Giles was beginning to feel a little more confident about the outcome, a Gallup Poll in the Daily Mail predicted for the first time that Edward Heath and the Tories were on track to win the election with a thirty-seat majority

“We’re thirty-fifth on the list of seats the Tories will need to capture if they hope to get an overall majority,” said Giles

“Read the s that Bristol Docklands is too close to call And by the way, have you seen today’s Evening News?” He passed the first edition to the candidate

Giles rather ad an election ca out in favor of a particular candidate on the day before the election, and in the past it hadn’t always backed hio In a leader, the paperheadline: