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Dennis Skinner will soon be defence secretary, or something.>
Much as I love Dennis Skinner, I'm sorry to say he was in favour of Brexit.
Dennis has a great mind and is still a brilliant speaker. The son of a miner, he benefited from the grammar school education which was available in his youth. In his autobiography he makes the rather surprising (especially for a Labour politician) statement: 'Latin - all you have to do is learn to conjugate the verbs, and the rest is easy.'
Well, Tempora muntantur nos et mutamur in illis (times change, and we change with them). But when you're over eighty, Dennis, I can see this does get harder.
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According to Michael Crick on Twitter only 12 of the 29 shadow cabinet aren't quitting. Looking at positives, Dennis Skinner will soon be defence secretary, or something.