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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (10th July, 2023) The state of British politics often induces despair. Westminster is hooked on playing pathetic tribal games and populated by self-centred [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (15th August, 2022) Rishi Sunak likes to joke that he is a coke addict. He has even admitted he is hooked on Mexican [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by UnHerd (30th July, 2021) Our nation’s politicians have long been guilty of an inflated sense of exceptionalism. But there is one area in which Britain indisputably [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (24th May, 2021) Vicky Unwin has been one of my sister’s closest friends since they met many years ago over a glass of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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