Swiss MPs reject far-right leader (BBC)

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Swiss parliamentarians have forced far-right politician Christoph Blocher from his cabinet seat, despite his party's record success in recent polls.

MPs voted against keeping Mr Blocher, a leader of the nationalist Swiss People's Party (SVP), in the cabinet.

The SVP won 29% of the vote in October elections - the highest share ever polled by a single party, though not enough to form its own government.

The SVP's election campaign was criticised as racist by the UN.
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A popular speaker at SVP election rallies, Mr Blocher is a billionaire industrialist with a reputation for fiery nationalism and scathing attacks on immigration.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7140318.stm