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Very interesting piece, I always find machinations of Whitehall equally fascinating and repulsive. My general view of politics and politicians drops as the amount of power and influence they have increases, though I regard planning committe at local level as corrupt as the Weimar Republic. Dowden then is a bland grey man who soothes Sunaks pains before he knows he has them. Except for unseen events, Macmillan was absolutely correct on that one, don't we all know that now! Sunak and his chums are in an dire place, inflation is rampant, taxes are for the ordinary honest voter / worker high and the shadow of covid still lingers. I sense the whiff of change, people are tired of the same, though many including me don't see Starmer as the shining light of a new dawn. Sunak might yet sneak a second term, especially if the SNP implodes as it seem it might. Who knows? Tip to Sunak want an easy win, cut Vat on fuel, energy and food. Have a nice day.

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