But their leader, Howard Hampton, is an energy expert, and adept at explaining where the Tories have gone wrong.

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Polls suggested that the New Democrats' Howard Hampton also picked up support at the expense of the Liberals after the debate.

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Xenia Howard-Johnston, former chatelaine of Hampton Court in Herefordshire, is an adviser working on deals to sell a house in the hundreds of millions and the world's largest private jet.

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