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Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Always Labour.
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About 25 years.
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It was more convenient than a newsagent.
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I leave it on the kitchen table.
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Fiona Hill.
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George Osborne.
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Kate Mossman’s 2019 profile of Melvyn Bragg.
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This article appears in the 07 Feb 2024 issue of the New Statesman, Who runs Labour?