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In Britain, Bernie Sanders's Brother Falls Short of Election
Haaretz ^

Posted on 10/23/2016 7:50:55 AM PDT by ameribbean expat

Former U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders' elder brother has failed to be elected to the British parliament.

Larry Sanders was running as the Green Party candidate for the vacated House of Commons seat of former prime minister David Cameron in Witney, in the southern English countryside near Oxford.

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1 posted on 10/23/2016 7:50:55 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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ELDER brother? Wow!
2 posted on 10/23/2016 8:21:01 AM PDT by Rio (Deplorable-American)
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To: ameribbean expat

I love British use of understatement as humor. 3.5% = falls short. I would say beaten like a rented mule.


3 posted on 10/23/2016 8:27:52 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (" T'was the witch of November come stealin' " And who could the stealing Witch of November be? Hmm?)
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To: ameribbean expat

His brother is British??? who knew????


4 posted on 10/23/2016 8:37:15 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: ameribbean expat

Hmm, article says he moved to Britain in the late 60’s. So did he say, “If Nixon is elected, I’m leaving the country?”


5 posted on 10/23/2016 9:54:02 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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