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		<title>Cameron will forever be tainted by the Brexit horror story</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (16th September, 2019) Every now and then I am struck by the stench of our putrefying politics. It hit me last week when [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tory moderates backing Boris Johnson are handing the party over to extremists</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2019 22:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by New Statesman (21st June, 2019) The only good thing to have emerged so far from the depressing Conservative leadership campaign has been the arrival of Rory Stewart [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Farage is back to haunt the Tories</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (13th May, 2019) He’s back. Like the grinning villain in a grotesque horror movie, Nigel Farage has returned to terrify the tortured Tories. Already [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why the Iron Lady is an icon for our times</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 11:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by UnHerd (3rd May, 2019) Forty years ago today, the British people went to the polls and elected their first female prime minister. This was the most [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 16:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by Damn (18th April, 2019) It seems strange to recall that when I was growing up in the suburbs of London almost half a century ago, the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2019 22:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The ipaper (1st April, 2019) Dominic Grieve describes himself as &#8216;a bit of an old-fashioned Conservative&#8217;. From his haircut through to his pragmatic approach to politics [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hand poisoned chalice back to the people</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2019 17:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The ipaper (25th March, 2019) Think back to those far-off days when Britain was a sane place, before we slumped into fear, loathing and nationalist self-mutiliation. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Washington Post (18th February, 2019) For most of my life, Britain and the United States have felt like twins. My country was older and perhaps [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nissan points the way for Brexit Britain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2019 17:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (4th February, 2019) The Nissan car plant in Sunderland holds a special place in our nation’s history. It became a symbol of Britain’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When will we define Brexit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 20:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by the ipaper (14th January, 2019) Even the word sounds like a curse now. Once the idea of Brexit was wrapped up in flickering images of past [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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