Friday, 12 June 2009

Senior Tory Ken Clarke caught 'skiving' at Northampton shoe factory

From an article in the Northampton Chronicle and Echo in May:

Former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke took to a factory floor today to help make a pair of his favourite trademark brown shoes. The shadow business secretary got involved in 'skiving' - thinning the leather upper - of a Crockett and Jones shoe on a visit to the company's plant in Northampton.

The Tory 'big beast', who made a dramatic return to the political spotlight in January, was invited to the traditional home of British shoemaking by Michael Ellis, Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Northampton North.


To read more, visit http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Senior-Tory-Ken-Clarke-caught.5228555.jp.

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