This Was Not About Europe, Says Ousted Labour Mep ; the Labour Politician Kicked Out of Brussels by South West Voters has Blamed His Demise On Gordon Brown's Government and the Expenses Scandal.

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The Labour politician kicked out of Brussels by South West voters has blamed his demise on Gordon Brown's Government and the expenses scandal.

Glyn Ford, who saw his share of the vote collapse by 6.8 per cent, was dumped as a one of the region's MEPs after 10 years.

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This Was Not About Europe, Says Ousted Labour Mep ; the Labour Politician Kicked Out of Brussels by South West Voters has Blamed His Demise On Gordon Brown's Government and the Expenses Scandal.

Labour polled fewer votes than the Green Party in the region, forcing it into fifth place. And in Cornwall, it was beaten into sixth place, behind Cornish nationalists Mebyon Kernow.

Mr Ford insisted last night: "...

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