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Trouble is, this lot are no different to the other lot

The oldest, cheapest trick in party politics tends also to be the most effective. Nothing subtle, nothing of which organised crime or religious cultists would be ashamed. Simply this: do you really want the other lot? For New Labour, that inquiry-cum-challenge has worked like a charm for many a queasy year.

The oldest, cheapest trick in party politics tends also to be the most effective. Nothing subtle, nothing of which organised crime or religious cultists would be ashamed.