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13 January 2012

Labour, the West Ham United of politics

The party that eschews the long ball.

By Richard Morris

As another less than stellar week for the Labour leadership draws to a close, it seems to me that the Labour Party has become — and I mean this as a compliment — the West Ham United of British politics, and this will be the saving (at least until the electorate get a say) of Ed Miliband.

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