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Who are the most cringey identity liberals of the year? REUBEN BARD-ROSENBERG sizes up the contenders

I GREW up in simpler political times. In the late 1990s, neoliberal politicians specialised in appealing to our worst instincts. 

When New Labour was in power, the party’s spokespeople could barely get through a sentence without talking about “aspiration.” 

The point was to tell us that we were life’s winners. And it was on this basis that we were encouraged to believe that Tony Blair was on our side.

1. You want a union? Check your damn privilege!

Bellenditude factor: 830/1000

2. John Mann is lonely and annoyed 

3. The white privilege of the yellow vests

4. “Won’t somebody think of the minority landlords?!?!”

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