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Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott are on the home straight and still going strong. They’ve had a whirlwind year of chart success — their Christmas single, a delightful swipe at a certain reality TV talent show is number two in the country and western charts — sold-out tours and, in between, the picketing of high street employers who don’t pay a living wage.
But there’s no lethargy on show here. On the contrary. As their current union-backed tour has wound its merry way around these islands, Heaton has opened up more and more with anecdotes and “daddy dancing,” with both growing more extravagant along the way.
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