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Dash off those Eric facts

Eric Pickles used to be a Radio DJ, apparently. Diary offers more facts about the ever-popular communities secretary.

Much has been written in the last 12 months about the current communities secretary – some of it good, some of it less so – but we at MJ Towers particularly enjoyed a recent entry on the website 24dash.com entitled, ‘10 things you need to know about Eric Pickles'.

The somewhat tongue-in-cheek article shed light on some of the lesser-known aspects of the Essex MP's curriculum vitae, including his spell as a local radio disc jockey and the fact that he grew up in a Labour-voting household.

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