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The Brexit Revolution stabs itself in the back

The Brexit Revolution stabs itself in the back

Communists become Conservatives/ Conservatives become Communists

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May 29, 2023
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Waiting for a betrayal: Claire Fox and Nigel Farage (SKY)

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Communists helped the British radical right achieve their counter-revolution. Not ex-communists who found their revolutionary God had failed, and with a sigh began what Julian Barnes called the “traditional shuffle to the right”.  Not men and women, who despite themselves, saw the truth in the s…

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