| Introduction |
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Part One The Sound of the Suburbs |
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The suburbs are what make Britain great |
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15 | (4) |
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Not every age needs a Churchill or a de Gaulle |
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19 | (4) |
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Once in a while just go for it, hell for leather |
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23 | (4) |
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Peace and freedom: the blessings of capitalism |
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27 | (4) |
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Six reasons why I'm an uber-moderniser |
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31 | (4) |
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MPs? Well, I can't trust anyone. Not even you |
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35 | (4) |
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I'd never voted Tory. But changing was easy |
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39 | (4) |
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It's human to dread change and fear loss |
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43 | (4) |
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Labour hasn't got a monopoly on compassion |
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47 | (4) |
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No, I won't be asking for a foreign passport |
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51 | (6) |
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Part Two The Rules of Politics |
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Now here's a spiffing idea |
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57 | (4) |
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Why a mobile phone on a beach sends out a stark message to Gordon Brown |
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61 | (4) |
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Happy birthday! We like you |
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65 | (4) |
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Top Tory tips: climb the ladder, check out the ceiling and see the cheese |
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69 | (4) |
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Let me flog you a used car |
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73 | (4) |
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Guess the weight of the ox: then you will see what's wrong with our politics |
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77 | (4) |
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Enough substance, Mr Cameron. Stick to style because you're worth it |
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81 | (5) |
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Ooh matron! I'm sick of fizzy populism |
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86 | (4) |
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Curse of the Premier of the Month |
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90 | (4) |
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Some sage advice: ignore the results |
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94 | (4) |
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Everyone agrees he's got to go. So why hasn't he? |
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98 | (4) |
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Keep plugging away. The brand is a winner |
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102 | (4) |
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This isn't Fox: The Movie. It's messy, real life |
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106 | (4) |
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This politico has a lesson for `the real world' |
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110 | (4) |
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There's only one solution to the PM's dilemma |
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114 | (4) |
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What happens in Syria will not stay in Syria |
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118 | (5) |
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71 days to go and Ed has no campaign in sight |
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123 | (5) |
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Bad news for Labour: you're stuck with him |
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128 | (7) |
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Part Three The Arrow of History |
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The 2016 Isaiah Berlin Lecture |
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135 | (18) |
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1968 violence: blame the bulge |
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153 | (4) |
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Understand Chelsea versus Sheffield, and you will see the Iraq game plan |
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157 | (4) |
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Mr Blair's final magic trick will begin shortly |
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161 | (4) |
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Would you pass or fail the Kinnock Test? |
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165 | (4) |
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Berlusconi's antics are everybody's business |
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169 | (4) |
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The political class is losing, not gaining, power |
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173 | (4) |
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Labour leadership hopefuls stuck in the past |
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177 | (4) |
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Rees-Mogg's Brexit history lesson is bunkum |
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181 | (6) |
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Walt Disney Defend Disney from his Mickey Mouse critics |
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187 | (4) |
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Hillary Clinton Hillary's flaws have defined the US election |
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191 | (4) |
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Clement Attlee A review of Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee by John Bew |
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195 | (4) |
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Chuck Berry A political revolutionary |
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199 | (4) |
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Ted Sorensen and JFK Obama must learn from the real Jack Kennedy |
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203 | (4) |
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Ayn Rand and Karl Marx Beware zealots who lack the human touch |
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207 | (4) |
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Gordon Brown The problem all along, Mr Brown, was you |
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211 | (4) |
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Millicent Fawcett The Fawcett statue will be a true landmark |
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215 | (4) |
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Robert McNamara From the fog of war come three hard truths |
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219 | (4) |
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Gary Becker The man who won a Nobel Prize for parking |
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223 | (4) |
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Winston Churchill The wartime leader was a great man, but a racist nonetheless |
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227 | (4) |
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Muhammad Ali The boxer could sting like an extremist |
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231 | (5) |
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John Major They didn't listen to him then. They are now |
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236 | (4) |
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Nelson Mandela Rising above victimhood |
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240 | (4) |
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Margaret Thatcher It wasn't her that divided us |
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244 | (4) |
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Margaret Thatcher The last prime minister of the Second World War |
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248 | (4) |
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Brian Epstein and the triumph of capitalism |
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252 | (4) |
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David Bowie Rock's great rebel owed it all to capitalism |
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256 | (5) |
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William Hague His two faces are the two faces of Toryism |
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261 | (4) |
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Luciana Berger Her exit was a distressing sight |
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265 | (4) |
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Donald Trump and the pastor who propelled him to the top |
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269 | (4) |
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Theresa May and how history will see her |
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273 | (4) |
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Jeremy Thorpe The extraordinary story of a fantasist |
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277 | (4) |
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George Martin From the Goons to the Beatles |
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281 | (10) |
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Hours not to reason why (or how I'm pushed for Times) |
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291 | (3) |
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Football's ridiculous. And unfair. But it's such fun |
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294 | (4) |
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Hamilton musical makes a Founding Father a hero of our time |
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298 | (4) |
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Whose finger on the off switch? |
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302 | (4) |
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Fidget in the office to beat the fat |
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306 | (3) |
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Oscar night: can real men get red-carpet ready? |
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309 | (3) |
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Thank you for your highly original idea |
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312 | (4) |
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Our sepia-tinted PMs were arrogant and remote |
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316 | (7) |
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Part Six Crime and the Law |
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Serial killers and serial errors |
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323 | (3) |
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All that clairvoyant stuff, I don't see it myself |
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326 | (4) |
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J'accuse: this man must not languish in jail |
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330 | (4) |
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These bundles of charges pose a real danger |
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334 | (4) |
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We should all be free to choose how we die |
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338 | (4) |
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Prosecutors don't know how biased they are |
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342 | (7) |
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It's simple, all the new leader has to do is to win over some new voters |
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349 | (4) |
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353 | (4) |
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The truth behind Cameron's victory: the triumph of the Smith Square set |
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357 | (4) |
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No, no, no. You've got it all wrong. It's Brown that's New Labour, not Blair |
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361 | (4) |
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The best-dressed corpse in the morgue |
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365 | (4) |
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Tying the knot? For you, we promise £5,000 |
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369 | (4) |
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Our high inheritance taxes must go, pass it on |
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373 | (4) |
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Israel acts because the world won't defend it |
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377 | (4) |
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If you don't like voters, they won't like you |
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381 | (4) |
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Gay marriage - such a conservative idea |
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385 | (4) |
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Soon it will be mainstream to say `leave the EU' |
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389 | (5) |
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If we don't cut the deficit now, when will we? |
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394 | (4) |
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If Scots file for divorce, we'll need a good lawyer |
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398 | (4) |
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Labour's hypocrisy has brought us to this crisis |
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402 | (5) |
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Shy Tories are not really shy or Tory |
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407 | (4) |
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As Greece shows, threats will get you nowhere |
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411 | (5) |
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Let's face it, the EU rescued us from failure |
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416 | (4) |
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Killer flaw at the heart of the Brexit campaign |
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420 | (4) |
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If Labour split, what sort of new party would be formed? |
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424 | (4) |
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We must stand up to the populist blackmail |
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428 | (4) |
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This election will sweep away the old politics |
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432 | (5) |
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True socialism always ends with the Stasi |
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437 | (4) |
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Jeremy Corbyn's worldview is made for anti-Semites |
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441 | (5) |
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Boris Johnson's tax-cut promise is sheer folly |
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446 | (4) |
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Corbyn's grand plan is to replace Parliament |
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450 | (5) |
| Acknowledgements |
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455 | (2) |
| Index |
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