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There's been a whole lot of hating going on this week, says PADDY McGUFFIN

To paraphrase the late great Jerry Lee Lewis "There's a whole lotta hatin' going on."

Those familiar with this column will know that it tends to focus on the murky world of British politics and the cretinous individuals in charge in this country.

However, after three weeks of total immersion in the moral miasma of party conference season that's the last thing it wants to think about for a while.

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