Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
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As we approach the grim anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, SIMON BARROW sounds the alarm over the dangerous and murderous direction our government is heading
I AM firmly of the opinion that mistletoe should become the symbol plant of the Tories, rather like Labour’s red rose.
Why mistletoe, I hear you ask. Well, it is of course a total parasite. It contributes nothing at all to the trees or orchards it hangs about in, merely sucking the goodness from its host trees. Totally Tory.
It has a scruffy growth habit like uncombed blond hair. But most importantly, it is always there as an essential ingredient of the atmosphere of cheeky adulterous fun at secret Westminster parties — sorry, cheese and wine business meetings.
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