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# Takasaka Station

Takasaka Station (高坂駅, Takasaka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Higashimatsuyama, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.

## Lines

Takasaka Station is served by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Kita-Sakado and Higashi-Matsuyama, it is 46.2 km from the Ikebukuro terminus. Rapid Express, Express, Semi Express, and Local services stop at this station. During the daytime, the station is served by six trains per hour in each direction.

## Station layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located above the platforms.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ Tōbu Tōjō Line | for Higashi-Matsuyama, Shinrinkōen, Ogawamachi, and Yorii |
| 2 | ■ Tōbu Tōjō Line | for Sakado, Kawagoe, and Ikebukuro Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Shin-Kiba F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shibuya TY Tōkyū Tōyoko Line for Hiyoshi and Yokohama SH Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line for Shin-Yokohama via Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line for Shōnandai Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai |

### Facilities and accessibility

A waiting room is provided on the platform. Universal access toilets are located in the station building. Escalators and lifts are provided in addition to steps to the station and platforms.
* East exit, June 2019
* The ticket vending machines and ticket barriers in June 2013
* View of the platforms, looking toward Ikebukuro in March 2008
* The passenger waiting room on the platform in June 2013

## History

The station opened on 1 October 1923.
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tōbu Tōjō Line, with Takasaka Station becoming "TJ-28".
Through running to and from Shin-Yokohama and Shōnandai via the Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line, Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line, Sōtetsu Main Line, and Sōtetsu Izumino Line commenced on 18 March 2023. In addition, Rapid Express services now stop at Takasaka.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 24,438 passengers daily.

## Surrounding area

A large out-of-town shopping mall, Peony Walk, is located approximately 1 km from Takasaka Station.
* Takasaka New Town
* Tokigawa River
* Tokigawa Riverside Park
# Kita-Yamata Station

Kita-Yamata Station (北山田駅, Kita-Yamata-eki) is a metro station located in Tsuzuki Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the Yokohama Municipal Subway’s Green Line (Line 4) and is 7.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Green Line at Nakayama.

## Lines

* Yokohama Municipal Subway
** Green Line

## Station layout

Kita-Yamata Station has a single underground island platform serving two tracks located four stories underground.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ Green Line | Center-Minami ・Nakayama |
| 2 | ■ Green Line | Hiyoshi |

## History

Kita-Yamata Station opened on 30 March 2008 when the Green Line started operation.

## Surrounding area

* Yokohama International Swimming Pool
* Salesio Gakuin High School
# Kathputli (TV series)

Kathputli (Urdu: کٹھ پتلی ; lit. 'Puppet') was a Pakistani drama serial that aired on Hum TV on 11 June 2016 on Saturdays at 8:00 pm. After 5 episodes, it started airing on Sundays at 9:10 pm, giving way to Laaj on Saturdays. It is directed by Atif Rathore and produced by Fahim Burney. It is also produced Momina Duraid under her company MD Productions. It stars Gohar Mumtaz and his wife Anum Mumtaz as her debut in main roles. It ended on 23 October 2016, followed by Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain
It was dubbed in Pashto under the title گوڈاگئ and aired on Hum Pashto 1.

## Cast

* Gohar Mumtaz as Sheraz
* Anam Goher as Amna
* Sanam Chaudhry as Mehrunnisa
* Shahbaz wolf rajput as Ali
* Farhan Ahmed Malhi as Ahad
* Samina Ahmad as Sheraz's mother
* Maryam Tewana as Saira
* Farah Nadeem as Zeenat
* Shaheen Khan as Zaitoon Bano
* Khalid Butt as Ahsan & Ahad's father
* Kulsoom Malik
* Benita David as Mehwish
* Anas Ali Imran as Zahir (Ahad's friend)
* Sameera Hassan
* Shazia Batool
* Fashee Sardar as Hassam

## Plot

Kathputli is a story of dignity, love, relation and regret. The story revolves around Mehrunisa, a vivacious girl born into a male dominant household. Mehrunisa dreams of a successful professional life but is bounded by restrictions which keeps her away from pursuing her dreams.
Mehrunisa's friends take her to a farmhouse to celebrate their success in exams where she meets her inevitable fate at the hands of a TV reporter. The incident dents her dignity and honour but her true suffering begins when her own family and fiancé accuse her of wrongdoings and banish her.
What was the incident that led to the destruction of such an innocent soul?
Will the reporter make up for his mistake and will she ever forgive him and her family for not believing in her innocence?

## Production

In an interview, Anum said, "MD Production - Fahim Burney’s production house has been insisting that I act for them in the past year. But I had different priorities at the time. I was completing my studies and waiting for the right time to make my debut. Of course, working with Gohar felt like the most natural and comfortable way to begin".

## Music

The title song of Kathputli is composed and sung by Rasmiya Baloch. It was released in June 2016.
# Akatsuka Station (Ibaraki)

Akatsuka Station (赤塚駅, Akatsuka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

Akatsuka Station is served by the Jōban Line and the Mito Line, and is located 109.3 km from the official starting point of the Jōban Line at Nippori Station.

## Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform. The station building is elevated and above the platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ Jōban Line | for Mito, Katsuta, Hitachi, Takahagi and Iwaki |
| 2 | ■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
| 3 | ■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
| 3 | ■ Mito Line | for Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate and Oyama |

## History

Akatsuka Station was opened on 4 January 1894. The Ibaraki Kotsu Ibaraki Line operated from this station from 1926 to 1971. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in 1999.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6354 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* Akatsuka Post Office
* Ibaraki Prefectural Building
# Piers Gilliver

Piers Alexander Gilliver (born 17 September 1994) is a British wheelchair fencer, who competes in both épée and sabre. He is the 2020 Paralympic champion in the Individual Épée, A classification. He is the first British Paralympic champion in the sport since Carol Walton in 1988.
Gilliver has previously won medals at both World and European Championship level. In 2016 he represented Great Britain at the Rio Paralympics and won a silver medal

## Personal history

Gilliver was born in Gloucester, England on 17 September 1994. He attended Hopebrook C of E School in Longhope. He has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome a congenital illness which in 2007 left him as a full-time wheelchair user.

## Wheelchair fencing career

Gilliver first got into wheelchair fencing in 2010 at his local fencing club in Cheltenham after looking for a new sport as his mobility decreased. He joined the British Disabled Fencing Association in 2011. In 2012 Gilliver made his international debut for the British team at a World Cup event in Warsaw, coming 11th in the Category A épée.
In 2013 Gilliver took part in his first IWAS World Championships. The same year he was named Junior World Champion in the U23's Category A épée. In the buildup to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Gilliver took nine podium finishes at international matches including the silver medal at the IWAS wheelchair fencing World Championships in Eger. In 2016 he was selected for TeamGB at the 2016 Summer Paralympics where he gained a silver medal in the Épée A.
In July 2021 Gilliver, Dimitri Coutya, Gemma Collis-McCann and Oliver Lam-Watson were identified as the British wheelchair fencing team who would compete at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, where he won gold in the Épée A, silver in the Team Foil and bronze in the Team Épée.
Gilliver was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to fencing.
He won a silver medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in the Sabre A event.
# Chandra Prakash Shukla

Chandra Prakash Shukla (born 5 July 1968) is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Kaptanganj constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

## Early life and education

Shukla was born 5 July 1968 in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh to father Arjun Prasad Shukla. On 23 May 1986, he married Asha Shukla, with whom he has two daughters. He graduated as a Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi in 1999. Apart from being a chartered accountant, he is the chairman of "Timecity Group".

## Political career

Shukla has been a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2017, he has represented the Kaptanganj constituency and is a member of the BJP. In 2017 elections, he defeated Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ram Prasad Chaudhary by a margin of 6,827 votes.

## Posts held

| # | From | To | Position | Comments |
| 01 | March 2017 | Incumbent | Member, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
# London Municipal Reform League

The London Municipal Reform League was a pressure group operating in the Metropolitan Board of Works, formed in 1881 by John Lloyd, having a Liberal Party outlook. Its president from 1882 was Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth.
# Take It Away (Paul McCartney song)

"Take It Away" is a single by the English musician Paul McCartney from his third solo studio album Tug of War (1982). The single spent sixteen weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, reaching #10 and spending five consecutive weeks at that position. It reached #15 in the UK. The music video, directed by John Mackenzie, features former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, long-time producer George Martin, and songwriting collaborator Eric Stewart, all of whom played on the track, as well as actor John Hurt, Linda McCartney and Barbara Bach.
Although there is a segue from "Tug of War" into this song on the album, the single version instead starts cleanly but fades out earlier at the end.

## Track listings

7" single
* "Take It Away" – 3:59
* "I'll Give You a Ring" – 3:05
12" single (black vinyl everywhere else; clear yellow vinyl in Japan)
* "Take It Away" – 3:59
* "I'll Give You a Ring" – 3:05
* "Dress Me Up as a Robber" – 2:40

## Personnel

"Take It Away"
* Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, piano
* Linda McCartney – backing vocals
* Eric Stewart – electric guitar, backing vocals
* Ringo Starr – drums
* Steve Gadd – drums
* George Martin – electric piano
"I'll Give You a Ring"
* Paul McCartney – vocals, electric guitar, bass, piano, drums
* Tony Coe – clarinet
* Linda McCartney – backing vocals
* Eric Stewart – backing vocals
"Dress Me Up As A Robber"
* Paul McCartney – vocals, bass, guitars
* Linda McCartney – backing vocals
* Denny Laine – electric guitar, synthesizer
* George Martin – electric piano
* Dave Mattacks – drums, percussion

## Critical reception

Billboard called it "a superior single that fuses a driving rhythm with a sleek, polished production" and said it was McCartney's "most assured, seamless, irresistible" single since the mid-1970s. Cash Box said that it's a "dense, multi-layered pop confection" that "keeps the listener on his/her toes throughout the song, going from a lazy tropical-type rhythm to a galloping brass section." Ultimate Classic Rock critic Nick DeRiso rated it as the best song on Tug of War, stating that it starts "with an off-kilter rhythm courtesy of Ringo Starr and all of the tasteful hallmarks of a George Martin production" and becomes "one of McCartney's patented pop confections, featuring a feverish horn counterpoint, deceptively intricate bass, and an utterly indecipherable narrative." DeRiso also praised Eric Stewart's backing vocals.
# The Final Concert (The Kingston Trio album)

The Final Concert is a live album by the American folk music group The Kingston Trio, recorded in 1967 and released in 2007 (see 2007 in music).

## History

The Trio (consisting of Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds and John Stewart) disbanded after this, their final concert, held at the hungry i club in San Francisco, the same club where they recorded one of their best-selling albums of their early career. Prior to the release of Children of the Morning, the trio had decided to disband in one year after a tour and another album. They again entered the studio and recorded an album (The Lost 1967 Album: Rarities Vol. 1) of mostly contemporary covers, but it was not released. Their label at the time also declined to release the live album they recorded during the final tour, although it was eventually released in 1969 on Tetragrammaton Records.
After this final concert, John Stewart began a solo career, Nick Reynolds retired from the music business (though eventually he would return to the Trio) and Bob Shane attempted a solo career before re-forming the group as The New Kingston Trio.

## Reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Allmusic | |
Allmusic critic Jeff Tamarkin first compared the symbolism of the Trio's final concert taking place the same night as the Monterey Pop Festival. He wrote of the live album "Whether they would ever admit it publicly or not, for many of the Monterey acts, from Jefferson Airplane to the Association to the Mamas & the Papas, the Kingston Trio had served as a primary influence. The aural evidence shows that, up till the last minute... the Kingston Trio remained as engaging as they'd been from the start... The trio's vocal leads and harmonies are excellent throughout and they more than hold their own instrumentally...The Kingston Trio's June 1967 farewell was perfectly timed to mark the end of an era, and they went out in style."

## Track listing

* "Introduction" - 1:42
* "Hard, Ain't It Hard" (Woody Guthrie) - 4:41
* "Early Mornin' Rain" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 5:27
* "M.T.A." (Bess Lomax Hawes, Jacqueline Steiner) - 6:27
* "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" (Bob Dylan) – 5:40
* "Reverend Mr. Black" (Leiber, Stoller, Billy Edd Wheeler) - 5:20
* "The Ballad of the Shape of Things" (Sheldon Harnick) – 5:06
* "Greenback Dollar" (Hoyt Axton, Kennard Ramsey) - 4:45
* "Thirsty Boots" (Eric Andersen) - 6:31
* "Colours" (Donovan) – 3:04
* "One Too Many Mornings" (Dylan) – 3:36
* "Tom Dooley" (Alan Lomax, Frank Warner) – 6:18
* "Wimoweh" (Paul Campbell, Solomon Linda) – 2:42
* "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (Pete Seeger, Joe Hickerson) - 5:59
* "Scotch and Soda" (Dave Guard) – 4:51

## Personnel

* Bob Shane – vocals, guitar
* Nick Reynolds – vocals, tenor guitar
* John Stewart – vocals, banjo, guitar
* Dean Reilly – bass
# Wangmo County

Wangmo County (simplified Chinese: 望谟县; traditional Chinese: 望謨縣; pinyin: Wàngmó Xiàn) (Bouyei: Weangzmox xianq) is a county in the southwest of Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the southeast. It is under the administration of the Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

## Administrative divisions

Wangmo County is divided into 4 subdistricts, 11 towns and 1 ethnic township:

### subdistricts

* Wangmu Subdistrict 王母街道
* Pingdong Subdistrict 平洞街道
* Xintun Subdistrict 新屯街道
* Pantao Subdistrict 蟠桃街道

### towns

* Leyuan Town 乐元镇
* Dayi Town 打易镇
* Lewang Town 乐旺镇
* Sanglang Town 桑郎镇
* Mashan Town 麻山镇
* Shitun Town 石屯镇
* Jiaona Town 郊纳镇
* Zhexiang Town 蔗香镇
* Daguan Town 大观镇
* Bianrao Town 边饶镇
* Angwu Town 昂武镇

### ethnic township

* Youmai Yao Ethnic Township 油迈瑶族乡

## Climate

Wangmo recorded 122.5 millimetres (4.82 inches) of rainfall in one hour, on 9 June 2011, the most rainfall in the county in 200 years. And on 20 June 2011, 312 mm (12.28 in) of rain fell in 3hrs in the county as part of significant flooding across the region.
Climate data for Wangmo, elevation 567 m (1,860 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.5 (86.9) | 34.4 (93.9) | 36.2 (97.2) | 38.8 (101.8) | 38.5 (101.3) | 37.3 (99.1) | 36.9 (98.4) | 37.2 (99.0) | 37.3 (99.1) | 34.4 (93.9) | 31.9 (89.4) | 30.2 (86.4) | 38.8 (101.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) | 18.6 (65.5) | 22.8 (73.0) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.8 (85.6) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.9 (89.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 25.5 (77.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 25.3 (77.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.2 (55.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.2 (79.2) | 24.1 (75.4) | 20.4 (68.7) | 16.4 (61.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 19.9 (67.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) | 9.7 (49.5) | 13.3 (55.9) | 17.4 (63.3) | 20.1 (68.2) | 22.4 (72.3) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.6 (72.7) | 20.5 (68.9) | 17.3 (63.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 8.9 (48.0) | 16.4 (61.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) | 0.6 (33.1) | 0.6 (33.1) | 6.5 (43.7) | 10.3 (50.5) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 16.8 (62.2) | 11.0 (51.8) | 7.2 (45.0) | 1.6 (34.9) | −2.5 (27.5) | −2.5 (27.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26.3 (1.04) | 19.9 (0.78) | 37.8 (1.49) | 66.5 (2.62) | 185.8 (7.31) | 284.7 (11.21) | 215.7 (8.49) | 175.4 (6.91) | 93.9 (3.70) | 79.7 (3.14) | 40.7 (1.60) | 19.0 (0.75) | 1,245.4 (49.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.9 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 14.9 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 139.3 |
| Average snowy days | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 56.0 | 76.6 | 98.9 | 137.3 | 150.2 | 131.3 | 165.8 | 179.6 | 148.4 | 99.8 | 106.0 | 75.4 | 1,425.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 17 | 24 | 26 | 36 | 36 | 32 | 40 | 45 | 41 | 28 | 33 | 23 | 32 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||
# 66th Grey Cup

The 66th Grey Cup was played on November 26, 1978, before 54,695 fans at Exhibition Stadium at Toronto. The Edmonton Eskimos defeated the Montreal Alouettes in a close game, 20–13.

## Box Score

First Quarter
Edmonton - FG – Dave Cutler 37 yards Edmonton - TD - Jim Germany 2 yard run (Cutler convert) Montreal – FG – Don Sweet 32 yards
Second Quarter
Edmonton - Single – Dave Cutler 31 yard missed field goal Edmonton - FG – Dave Cutler 35 yards
Third Quarter
Edmonton - FG – Dave Cutler 35 yards Montreal – TD – Joe Barnes 10 yard run (Sweet convert)
Fourth Quarter
Montreal – FG – Don Sweet 31 yards Edmonton - FG – Dave Cutler 25 yards
| Teams | 1 Q | 2 Q | 3 Q | 4 Q | Final |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Montreal Alouettes | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 |

## Trivia

* This was the first of the Eskimos' record five consecutive Grey Cup victories. It was also the first Grey Cup win for a western team in Eastern Canada since the BC Lions won at Toronto in 1964.
* The Als failed to move the ball with any consistency against the Eskimos' fearsome defensive line, the "Alberta Crude": York Hentschel, Ron Estay, David Boone and Dave Fennell, known as Dr. Death. Sonny Wade came off the bench for Montreal and almost led the Als to a comeback victory, but their final drive stalled at the Eskimo 27-yard line.
* Following the game, the Grey Cup was damaged when Edmonton quarterback Tom Wilkinson accidentally dropped the trophy after being bumped by some rowdy fans. Eskimo linebacker Danny Kepley caught it, but he too was knocked around and the mug dropped to the turf and broke. "I shouldn't have dropped the Grey Cup. The Alouettes hit me a lot harder than that," said Wilkinson. (Quote taken from CFL website.)
* Edmonton and Montreal have met in 11 Grey Cup clashes. The Eskimos won in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005's overtime thriller. The Alouettes prevailed in 1974, the Ice Bowl of 1977, and 2002.
# Ronald Zollman

Ronald Zollman (born 1950) is a Belgian conductor.

## Early life and education

Ronald Zollman was born in 1950 in Antwerp, Belgium. He began musical studies at age 4. He attended the Royal Conservatories in Antwerp and in Brussels, and later studied with Igor Markevitch and Nadia Boulanger.

## Career

Zollman was music director of the Belgian National Orchestra from 1989 to 1993. From 1994 to 2002, he was music director of the National Autonomous University of Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra (Orquestra Filarmónica de la UNAM). From 2002 to 2005, he was music director of the Northern Israel Symphony Haifa Symphony Orchestra [he], Haifa. In May 2009, Zollman accepted the Associate Professor of Music and Director of Orchestral Studies position at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In September 2011 he added the position Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra to his activities, and he occupied the same position at the Pilsen Philharmonic Ochesta from 2014 onward. In 2018 he became Music Director of the latter orchestra.
Over the years, Zollman has guest conducted concerts with more than 150 different orchestras on the 5 continents. Among these are the following: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble InterContemporain, London Sinfonietta, Orchestre de Paris, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Residentie Orchestra (The Hague), National Orchestra of Spain, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra...
# 2003 New Zealand National Party leadership election

The New Zealand National Party leadership election was an election for the National Party leadership position held in 2003.

## Background

Aged 39 when he was elected, English became the second-youngest leader in the National Party's history, after Jim McLay (who was 38 when elected in 1984). He also became only the third Southlander to lead a major New Zealand political party, after Joseph Ward and Adam Hamilton. However, English failed to improve the party's performance. In the 2002 elections, National suffered its worst electoral defeat ever, gaining barely more than twenty percent of the vote. English described it as "the worst day of my political life". Both party insiders and the general public were split as to how much to blame him for the loss, but most of the party believed that English would be able to rebuild National's support.
By late 2003, however, National's performance in opinion polls remained poor. The party had briefly increased its popularity in the year following the election, but by October its support had fallen to levels only slightly better than what it achieved in the last ballot. English also appeared in a boxing match for a charity against entertainer Ted Clarke. This "stunt" did not boost his polling or that of the National party either, with suggestions that it devalued his image as a serious politician. Don Brash, former governor of the Reserve Bank and a relative newcomer to politics, began to build up support to replace English. On 28 October, Brash gained sufficient backing in Caucus to replace English as leader.

## Result

Brash defeated English in a caucus ballot lost by a two-vote margin. Afterwards a "key player" told media "He [English] was stabbed in the front not the back".

### Leadership ballot

| Name | Votes | Percentage |
| Don Brash | 14 | 53.84 |
| Bill English | 12 | 46.16 |