He said he knew he could no longer care for his creations if they stayed at home with him, but he felt lonely without them.

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It is likely many London voters stayed at home because they believed a "yes" vote was a foregone conclusion.

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"Wrexham people were well aware of the situation here, many may have stayed at home because they didn't want to vote for Labour, " he said.

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The big question haunting the Republican Party has been whether the evangelical foot-soldiers could be bothered to do the grunt work or even turn out to vote (Karl Rove blamed Mr Bush's election squeaker in 2000 on the fact that 4m evangelicals stayed at home when they heard of young George's drunk-driving conviction).

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When they went out on the town with the girls, he stayed at home to read political philosophy and listen to classical records.

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