"I remember knocking on doors in Putney, asking people to vote for him. Some people loved him, other people thought he was the most terrifying creature they had ever heard of, and they thought he wanted to became a sort of dictator of the country. And you can understand that. He was a very exotic character. His family life was exotic. Everything he did was different. I have never met anyone like him and I shouldn't think I ever will meet anyone like him. So I am not surprised he had a rough time. He didn't mind that. He was sort of like a military commander. He was used to hostility."
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Sir James Goldsmith was a candidate in Putney, London for the Referendum Party at the 1997 general election.
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James Goldsmith
Sir James Michael Goldsmith (26 February 1933 – 18 July 1997) was an Anglo-French billionaire financier and tycoon. Towards the end of his life, he became politically active and founded the Referendum Party, effectively a campaign advocating Britain ending its membership of the European Union.
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