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WITH a new prime minister in office leading what is arguably the most radical right-wing government the nation has seen it is acceptable to cast caution on forgotten areas of Britain. With MPs rallying behind the incompetent Boris Johnson to deliver a no-deal Brexit, a general election is expected for the coming autumn.
A town like Basildon, an area facing economic uncertainty and hardship, could use this opportunity to oust their incumbent MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock: Stephen Metcalfe.
Metcalfe, a Brexit hardliner and an ideologically hardcore conservative, with no background in the town of Basildon, has been repeatedly elected as its representative since 2010.
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