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General Election: Turncoat Yeo new Folkestone Ukip hopeful

TURNCOAT Labour chair Harriet Yeo was unveiled yesterday as Ukip’s replacement candidate for Folkestone and Hythe.

Ms Yeo swooped after original candidate Janice Atkinson was expelled from the party on Monday evening along with her chief of staff Christine Hewitt. 

The pair were dismissed a day after the Sun revealed video footage showing Ms Hewitt fiddling food expenses. 

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