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Tom Bage Articles

Sketch: All in this together?

Tom Bage looks at the prime minister speech yesterday in his latest sketch: David Cameron went to Manchester, to talk to the people. He went there to speak about the spirit of Britain. To discuss his leadership. And your credit card. And his leadership of your credit...
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Sketch: The personal is political at PMQs

Before PMQs the BBC's deputy political editor, James Landale, set out two choices for Ed Miliband. First, Ed could attack from the high ground, wrestling the PM statesman-to-statesman, armed not with partisan putdowns but with the righteous anger of the people. And it...
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The party of the grafters

From the TV studios and newspaper offices came forth the commentariat, not to praise but to bury him. From the social enterprises of south London (and perhaps from 39, Victoria Street) came forth the activists, rooting for the reverse.

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Cameron hopped effortlessly free from the molten wreckage of two terrible policies

Ed Miliband is having a rotten few weeks. For sections of the press, the public and even some parts of his shadow cabinet, the political honeymoon is over. To make matters worse, so is his real one.  Welcome back to Britain, Ed, where opinion poll leads are...
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