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- ↑ Gordon, Tom [@tomgordonLD] (6 July 2024). "Park run this morning 🏃♂️Genuinely overwhelmed with how lovely everyone was saying congrats & shaking my hand 👏 Happy to prove a few people wrong, who said they expected me to never show up again now that I was elected 🤣Time to show we can do politics differently 🔶" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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