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Forgive your humble scribe if this appears on the face of it to be a case of deja vu.
Welcome to the Technicolor wonderland of non-developing policy that is the “Coalition of the Shilling.”
All we hacks and wannabe satirists can really do is mock what is occurring in the corridors of power as and when we see it.
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