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The Paddy McGuffin column

Well it’s reshuffle time again, and in this instance it appears to have been the most incendiary game of musical chairs since the last al-Qaida office party.

Drafting in new blood to a deeply unpopular party is hardly a radical concept in the year before an election but they seem to have gone the traditional Tory route with most of it on the walls and ceiling.

Yep, when in doubt go for the purge option. That seems to be the Cameronian mantra.

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