Martha's daughter, who is the only family member to keep a slender tether to AWOL mom, doesn't understand the flight response but fills in her mother's shoes perfectly, taking care of dad and even replacing mom as kindergarten teacher.

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In the last one its share of the vote was only three points higher than the Tories', but the first-past-the-post system, and the less-even distribution of Conservative voters, translated this slender preference into 356 seats in the 646-member House of Commons.

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