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5 "RJGHT TIME TO STAND DOWN" - FOWLER j
5 Sir Norman Fowler has said it is j
5 the "natural and normal" time to j
5 stand down as chairman of the j
5 Conservative party. j
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5 He told BBC Radio his decision had j
5 nothing to do with the Tory j
5 pjrformance at the Euro-elections j
5 which he described "encouraging". j
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5 He added his job "was completed". j
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5 He highlighted his achiivemjnts as j
5 chairman in turning around the j
5 Tories' financial position and j
5 modernising the party structure. j
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