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As a peer who hates publicity, Lord Alli might have been expected to dodge the Labour conference – given the near-constant coverage of ‘donorgate’.
Former staff talk of birthday cards and Christmas gifts, of Prada bags and Paul Smith shirts
Yet there he was, clad in his 1990s telly executive uniform of white trainers and dark suit, nonchalantly strolling around Liverpool.
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