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9:13Now Playing“There are a whole range of different reasons why people decide to stand.”
Deputy political editor of The Spectator, James Heale, says “joke” candidates become “very serious”, citing Jeremy Corbyn’s 2015 Labour leadership election as an example.
James Heale was speaking to Ed Vaizey on Times Radio. Listen live every Friday from 10am-1pm.
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