Who lives in a house like this..? (Surely not the diehard socialist who had to share a bed with his brothers in a slum tenement)Old Labour MP and highflying wife put house on the market at nearly [pounds sterling]1m.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: September 8, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK

HE was the archetypal Old Labour socialist - a politician who knew from bitter experience what it was like to live in grinding poverty.

But times, it seems, have changed for former MP Jimmy Wray, who grew up with his nine brothers and sisters in the slums of Glasgow's Gorbals.

The 68-year- old and his third wife, Laura, have just placed their lavishly decorated house on the market for nearly [pounds sterling]1million. ...

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