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This shameless government wasted billions on its shambolic, compromised Covid response and now wants to waste more on cold war nukes, not nurses, writes DIANE ABBOTT

IT IS clear just how recklessly reactionary this government really is. The liberal commentators who continue to insist that Boris Johnson is also a liberal are telling us much more about their politics than his.
Politics is always about choices and this government always chooses the option that is most damaging to ordinary people that it can get away with.
Future historians may wonder how they did manage to get away with it even for this long, and marvel at the lack of opposition they faced.
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