David Blackburn

John McDonnell says he would ‘assassinate’ Thatcher if he returned to 1980s

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A statement so stupid it’s not worthy of comment. Evidently unable to tell arse from elbow, McDonnell the assassin would probably have shot himself. He wants to lead the Labour party (10 MPs have nominated him no less); they’re welcome to him.

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A.E. Housman once wrote that the English villages of Clunton and Clunbury, Clungunford and Clun ‘are the quietest places under the sun’. He’s almost right. I grew up in Clunton and the only place I’ve felt a deeper sense of quiet is Escaladei, a village high up in the mountainous Priorat region of Spain, which

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