Under our winner-takes-all system, in tight seats, voters could well hold their noses and cast their ballot for a candidate with the best chance of winning, just to deliver a knock-out blow for the Tories.
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The Commons leader said official bodies should avoid using gender neutral language in contexts where traditional words like mother and father would be more accurate.