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Beast of Bolsover: I’m voting out
Skinner backs exit to save Britain from EU capitalists’ clutches

DENNIS SKINNER has broken his silence over the EU referendum and revealed that he will vote to Leave.

The veteran Labour MP was among the handful of MPs on either side of the debate who had not publicly declared how they will vote on June 23.

But the “Beast of Bolsover” has voted against every European treaty being incorporated into British law since he entered Parliament in 1970.

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