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Council leader condemns election 'thuggery'
John Cotton says the behaviour of a range of activists during the general election campaign was a disgrace.
BBC News
John Cotton was a clergyman in England and the American colonies, and was considered the preeminent minister and theologian of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He studied for five years at Trinity College, Cambridge, and nine years at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He had already built a reputation as a scholar and outstanding preacher when he accepted the position of minister at St. Botolph's Church, Boston, in Lincolnshire, in 1612.
John Cotton says the behaviour of a range of activists during the general election campaign was a disgrace.