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A 54-year-old white British man with type 2 diabetes has repeated clinic blood pressures around 168/106 mmHg despite lifestyle advice. Ambulatory monitoring confirms stage 2 hypertension. He has no renal impairment or other comorbidity. What is the most appropriate first-line antihypertensive drug?

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