Esteemed colleague Andrew Grice said: "Rarely in 30 years of reporting national politics have I seen such a candid, self-aware and self-deprecating speech." Fellow Blairite zombie Daniel Hodges, on the other hand, thought it was "one of most breathtakingly cynical and hypocritical speeches I've ever seen delivered by a major British politician". I observe merely that [...]
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