“I voted Green.”

—  Steve Hilton

Said after Labour landslide of 2001, as quoted in "'David's brain' transforms Tory brand" http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,,1962285,00.html, The Guardian, December 2, 2006

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