Summary
The re-formation of the Spice Girls, coming some ten years after they were at their peak, sparked all sorts of memories of the mid- 1990s. Radio stations started to replay some of their big hit songs and Wannabe triggered recollections of a Conservative politician who 'wanted to be' MP for our area around that time.
Mark Prisk, an outsider from the Home Counties, was shipped in, taking a local address to try to fabricate some 'local' credentials as a Tory candidate. But Wansdyke residents saw through this and hugely rejected him in favour of truly local Labour man Dan Norris, who has served them well ever since.See the full content of this document
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The Spice Girls, the Tories and Wansdyke
Fast forward ten years. Geri Halliwell has re-invented her Union Jack ...
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