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 TORIES SET TO BECOME "FIGHTING MACHINE"
 Michael Hesjltinj has said the Tories  
 will increasingly become a fighting    
 machine next year rathjt than a        
 government running the country.        
                                        
 But the Deputy Prime Minister sttessjd 
 the party wanted to wait until 1997 for
 an election.                           
                                        
 "Wj are always prepared to fight if we 
 have to but the sttategz is not to go  
 for a short-titm solution," hj told ITN
                                        
 Hi said the Tories wanted to ensure    
 people saw the benefits of Govjtnmjnt  
 economic policy before an election.    
                                        
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