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| Guy Fawkes descendant wins council seat for Ukip | Guy Fawkes descendant wins council seat for Ukip |
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| A distant relative of Guy Fawkes, Philip Fawkes, has taken a seat on Hampshire county council from the Conservatives. | A distant relative of Guy Fawkes, Philip Fawkes, has taken a seat on Hampshire county council from the Conservatives. |
| Fawkes is a retired head teacher who the Ukip party leader, Nigel Farage, has claimed has "the blood of rebellion" running through his veins. | Fawkes is a retired head teacher who the Ukip party leader, Nigel Farage, has claimed has "the blood of rebellion" running through his veins. |
| He won the South Waterside ward seat in the New Forest, defeating the Tory incumbent Alexis McEvoy with a 37.2% share of the vote. When he was announced as a candidate Farage said that he was the 10 times great-grandson of Guy Fawkes, who was tortured into a confession and then hung, drawn and quartered for the plot in 1605 to blow up the Palace of Westminster, together with James I and all the parliamentarians. | He won the South Waterside ward seat in the New Forest, defeating the Tory incumbent Alexis McEvoy with a 37.2% share of the vote. When he was announced as a candidate Farage said that he was the 10 times great-grandson of Guy Fawkes, who was tortured into a confession and then hung, drawn and quartered for the plot in 1605 to blow up the Palace of Westminster, together with James I and all the parliamentarians. |
| As with many Ukip candidates, this later needed slight clarification: a party spokeswoman later explained that in fact the two shared a common ancestor. Although some accounts claim Guy Fawkes married and had a son, there is no proof of either and no known direct descendants. | As with many Ukip candidates, this later needed slight clarification: a party spokeswoman later explained that in fact the two shared a common ancestor. Although some accounts claim Guy Fawkes married and had a son, there is no proof of either and no known direct descendants. |
| "Was Guy Fawkes the last man to enter Westminster with honest intentions?" Farage later tweeted. | "Was Guy Fawkes the last man to enter Westminster with honest intentions?" Farage later tweeted. |
| There has already been talk of urging Fawkes to stand in the next general election. | There has already been talk of urging Fawkes to stand in the next general election. |
| Even before his local election success, a party spokesman said: "Mr Fawkes works actively in his local branch. He is a good egg and it would be brilliant to get a Fawkes into Westminster." | Even before his local election success, a party spokesman said: "Mr Fawkes works actively in his local branch. He is a good egg and it would be brilliant to get a Fawkes into Westminster." |
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