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The leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party has welcomed its first MP as “articulate, quite controversial and a bit of a character”.
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I wouldn't have used that phrase.
It's the sort of language obituary editors use when they are struggling to say something good about the deceased.
How about 'man of principle...dynamic...fearless...open-minded...generous to a fault'
...and that's just me I'm talking about.
