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hugo7 in reply to @dubtap

Icba to draw out all the parallels but the Capt Tom story seems so of our time.

The hero worship.

The pure shameless of the family, who just put on their deal-with-it-sunglasses and double down.

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Tonts in reply to @hugo7

The pure shameless of the family, who just put on their deal-with-it-sunglasses and double down.

It’s pure Tory playbook stuff. “Obviously if we gave the impression we weren’t absolutely coining it in off this, then that is something that brings me mild regret”

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GeneralStrike in reply to @Tonts

Also explains why the Tories loved Captain Tom so much; respectable old man does something pointless which purports to deliver a social benefit but which actually puts cash directly into the pockets of shameless, venal grifters.

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