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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Why are you left wing?
As I was doing a bit of housework the other morning, I found myself in need of some stirring music to chivvy me along, so stuck on a bit of Billy Bragg. When I got to his version of the … Continue reading
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Why I won’t join the Labour party
I grew up in the 1980s in a staunchly Labour household. I was taken out in my buggy as a toddler while my parents put leaflets though doors, I helped them tape up the ‘Vote Labour’ posters in the window … Continue reading
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