"Starmer faces something of a paradox. In order to convince the public, he should probably go the whole hog; but doing so may well render his life at Westminster rather trickier than he would like it to be."
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"While I was lucky to walk away physically unscathed, I carried a different kind of wound: being part of a community that was treated with collective blame."
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In order to convince the public, he should probably go the whole hog.
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