As Mr Livingstone pointed out, the votes of other left-wing candidates also rose sharply.

ECONOMIST: Heads, not hearts

Ten-minutes later Gill rose in the area to head in a left wing corner from Gareth Owen for the equaliser.

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But Vladimir Weiss's side paid for sitting back on their lead when, in the third minute of injury time, Reid rose to head home Shane Smeltz's left-wing cross.

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The striker rose highest to head home Simon Lappin's left-wing cross and end the hosts' two-match winning run.

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As Mr Hunt and Mr Paterson rose, Ken Clarke, one of the most left-wing of senior Tories and certainly the most pro-European, fell.

ECONOMIST: The reshuffle

That proved costly as in the dying moments of the first-half Forssell poached his team's second goal, prodding in from two yards out after Jerome rose clear at the near post to flick on Larsson's left-wing corner.

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But Bothroyd's second on the hour - his fourth of the season - put Cardiff in control as he rose unmarked in the six-yard box to nod in substitute Burke's right-wing cross.

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