The Age · World / Europe

How a firebrand plumber triumphed for the Greens and infuriated the UK right

· By David Crowe
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London: A simple message about the cost of living has shown why Hannah Spencer, a plumber who left school at 16, triumphed for the Greens at a byelection that has rocked British politics.

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