1 .oucester A l ocal correspondent he Intervention of a Powell-Conservative' i` a ndidate
has added to the uncertainty at merY-held Gloucester where the indefatigable tort Sally Oppenheim had been widely tipped ,"eP hold of the seat she captured from cilloour with a 1061 majority in 1970. The big fo,estinn is how many Conservatives will vote 10 newcomer Mr Bryan Gordon-Storkey, a sheal driving school principal who calls for Ds2Port for "the true patriotic Conservative "Lciples of Mr Enoch Powell."
v,,,Tany sympathise but Mrs Oppenheim's hard irn-r,rk as a first-class MP has made a Dig foression with them. And they know a cross ialsordon-Storkey will help to put in the tor fur man, Alf Pegler, a mechanical inspecltee;rnm Crawley New Town, who is very S, to'L on more nationalisation. Gordonkar'eY is supported by the Anti-Common of irue ,"‘et League and he is making a big point opL fact that Mrs Oppenheim used to be
sed to the Common Market and that when had a local referendum, there was an Market majority.
during the doorstep canvassing hardly VOters are raising the issue. They are As'e interested in rising prices and inflation. Labvvell as her hard work, contrasting with pen%I.r.'s complacency last time, Mrs Opshot,-ln) won Gloucester in 1970 with the "Ping-basket issue. She is playing this
down now.
The Liberals hope that with local factory worker David Halford, Gloucester born and bred, they will take votes from all sides. It is true they have never been so well organised.
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