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  • The late Anne Widdecombe: A Short Eulogy.

    The late Anne Widdecombe: A Short Eulogy.

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    Suneil Sharma
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    Anne Widdecombe, a long-standing member of parliament, was brutally murdered at her home in Dartmoor. I condemn this murder in the strongest possible terms, and I hope the perpetrator is found and banged up for a long time. I also agree that politics is a battlefield of ideas, and if we disagree, we must disagree…

  • Mr Thompson: Just Lost

    Mr Thompson: Just Lost

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    Suneil Sharma
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    The interview with Wallace Thompson in the Irish News revealed a eureka moment; he recognised the inevitability of a new United Ireland. Like other believers, he has failed, like them, to define what will be new in this new and United Ireland. He sounded like a forlorn political orphan or someone engaging in political flagellation.…