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There's life yet on the radical fringe of Labour
A brief reflection on expulsion
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes a revival of Reginald Rose’s classic play that reminds us of the fundamental need for trials with juries
SIMON PARSONS applauds an exceptional performance of Wesker’s little-known play, by the same actor for whom it was written 45 years ago
ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review Late Fame, The Death of Robin Hood, Leviticus, and Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
ANGUS REID recommends a uniquely accomplished documentary collage that contemplates our relation to the natural world
GORDON PARSONS enjoys Kant’s ‘mind-boggling’ theory of human reality: that we create the reality we experience
Cycling to the Pop & Politics fringe meeting at the Labour conference in Brighton last week, I reflected briefly on my expulsion from the Labour Party after the 1997 election.
My crime? Writing a funny poem urging Labour voters in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency to tactically vote Liberal Democrat.
It didn't work, of course - a maggot-ridden dead dog would get elected round here as long as it had a blue rosette on it.
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