LETTERS: Emma Nicholson's familial precedent

Sunday 31 December 1995 19:02 EST

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From Mr C. G. Passmore

Sir: Why is it that when a politician changes parties it is called defection, but when a politician changes religion it is known as conversion?

Yours faithfully,

Christopher Passmore

Weldon, Northamptonshire

31 December

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