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Apocalypse Cow
On taxing farmers, and saying things are wars when they're not
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Tom Hamilton
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Waiting for a winner
If you’re a committed supporter of a political party, the other side’s leadership elections can mess with your head.
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Tom Hamilton
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September 2024

August 2024

Golden legacy
It’s not easy for parties that have just lost an election.
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Tom Hamilton
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July 2024

Incomplete sentences
You can’t explain why a political party won an election by quoting just two sentences from its manifesto.
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Tom Hamilton
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National unity
After an election, especially an election that has resulted in a change of government, the way parties do politics changes.
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Tom Hamilton
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Into injury time
If Labour are going to be so terrible, how come they're never going to lose an election again?
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Tom Hamilton
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June 2024

Plumbing the depths
The Tories’ attack ads are getting worse. Why?
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Tom Hamilton
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Betting the farm
Political parties only rarely delete their tweets.
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Tom Hamilton
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Tax traps
If the Conservatives win the election, they’re going to put up fuel duty, meaning that it will be more expensive to fill up your car.
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Tom Hamilton
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Bar charts and blank cheques
Telling people you can win versus telling people you're going to lose
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Tom Hamilton
Fight!
On the TV debate and its aftermath, and how the Tories managed to turn a row about £2,000 into a row about their own integrity
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Tom Hamilton
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