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Bournemouth locals speak out on Dec 24 poll
The Breaker team talked to locals this week about the election and found that 69% of people felt they were ill-informed on politics. Of these, some wanted to learn more to be able to vote in the upcoming election, while others feel like they don’t know enough to make them want to vote. Jamie …
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