There was quite an important news story buried beneath all the post-match analysis from the party conferences. Apparently there really is life after death.
Perhaps the reason this ‘news’ didn’t receive more coverage is because it’s not based on any startling new evidence. Rather, the claim has been made by a man called Eben Alexander who had one of those near-death experiences that cannot be explained by science.

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