Dot Wordsworth

Narrative

The word has been taken up eagerly by propagandist activists and supporters of Jeremy Corbyn

issue 24 June 2017

Laura Kuenssberg was right. Even my husband agreed, and he often throws soiled beermats from an unknown source (which he uses to stop his whisky glass making rings on the furniture) at her — at least, when she is on television. She had just used the word narrative and then felt obliged to say ‘if you want to use that terrible phrase’.

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