Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Political Editor, UnHerd. Host of the podcast These Times (@TheseTimesPod). Formerly of the Atlantic.
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06-08-2008 10:14:57
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Working-Class Sociology Quotes Tom McTague Where my parents lived in Spain, there were quite a lot of working-class German and Dutch people, who behaved in exactly the same way. Their own beers served in their bars, supermarkets selling Dutch cheese or German sausages, etc.
‘I think, frankly, if we want better politics and we want our country better led… it would be better to transfer the responsibility of selecting our leaders and prime ministers back to MPs.’
- Peter Mandleson speaking on the latest ‘How to win an election’ with Matt Chorley.
Meanwhile back in the real world...
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