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Who's Afraid of Starmageddon?

The Tories are about to pay the price for 14 years of epic misrule. But while a Labour "supermajority" is in the best interests of the country, it is no guarantee of a return to stability

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Simon Nixon
Jul 03, 2024
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Nothing has demeaned this wretched Tory party than the manner of its departure. Rishi Sunak has campaigned for the last six weeks in the same the way his party has governed for the last 14 years, with an unedifying mixture of lies, insults and outrageous distortions that have further undermined standards in public life. His claim that Vladimir Putin is hoping for a Labour victory was a new low even by his own debased standards. No  wonder the more the public have seen of Sunak the less they like him. At the start of the campaign, pollsters were warning that Labour would need a record swing of 12 percent simply to a…

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