<b>By Suffolk Gazette Political Staff

Norfolk mother-of-ten Edna Spratt has announced her intention to stand for the leadership of the Labour Party.</b>

Speaking from her Dereham hovel, Ms Spratt, 44, claimed she was best placed to fight new Tory Prime Minister Theresa May - and to one day grab the keys to Downing Street.



Ms Spratt, who lives with her brother and their ten children, said her humble upbringing as a Norfolk Peasant makes her an ideal candidate on the world stage alongside other superwomen like Hillary Clinton, Angela Merkel and Mary Berry.

And she insists her conviction for <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/homemade-chutney-recipe/">stealing a chutney recipe</a> should not stand against her, but rather illustrates she is "just a normal person trying to get by".

She told the Suffolk Gazette: "I have been a member of the Labour Party all my working life. At least I would have been had I ever worked or indeed paid my subscription.

"But it is time for a strong woman to take control. If scruffy old Jeremy Corbyn can do it, then I certainly can."

<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/norfolk-hovel-e1446716727289.png"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/norfolk-hovel-e1446716727289.png" alt="norfolk hovel edna spratt" width="500" height="350" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1241" /></a><i>Power politics: Edna Spratt relaxing in her luxury Norfolk kitchen</center></i><Br><br>

Ms Spratt, who has never been to London before, intends to borrow a horse and cart to take her to the Big City so she can launch her Leadership election campaign.

Top of her policy list is a big increase in the aid budget for the Third World so that Norfolk can be connected to the national electricity grid. 

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