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O'Grady lashes out at the ‘new oligarchy’ running Britain
‘Let’s get Jeremy in, and let’s get Boris Johnson packing,’ the TUC general secretary said

FRANCES O’GRADY lashed out today at the “new oligarchy” running Britain and called for a Jeremy Corbyn government.

The TUC general secretary criticised the “self-styled new bad boys” around Prime Minister Boris Johnson as she addressed delegates at the Brighton conference.

She said: “They think they are Westminster’s answer to the Sex Pistols: but, in truth, they’re just the bully-boys of the British elite.”

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