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In 2014 no-one had heard of him. He could have quietly said no thanks. I'd turn it down. I'm holding out for something hereditary.
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In 2014 no-one had heard of him. He could have quietly said no thanks.
Yup, but as soon as he took over the Labour party it would've been all over the press that he hates the monarchy. Something I could certainly get behind, but wouldn't really have worked with this softly softly, say nothing, don't rock the boat on the way into number 10 centrist boring persona.
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They don't, not that it'll ever happen but I wouldn't, but if he'd not accepted it there'd be hundreds of Corbynesque "Republican Starmer hates Queen/Sausage fingers" articles all over the press and he'd have never got this far.