At dinner parties in Camden, Haringey, Hackney, or Southwark, according to Christina Patterson, the writer for the Independent, you hear people saying things about politics like ‘what we need is a clearer narrative’. I was delighted that she added: ‘I’m still not sure what narrative means.’
I do not go to parties in Haringey or Hackney (not invited), but the demand for narrative has reached even my well padded corner.
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