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Eerie wailing in a darkened cupboard in Downing Street
The Paddy McGuffin column

In a darkened cupboard in Downing Street eerie wails are sending shudders through all that hear them. Usually staunch civil servants glance fearfully at the door and hurry past, heads bowed.

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