Rachel Reeves swapped a portrait of Nigel Lawson, Margaret Thatcher’s chancellor, with one of Ellen Wilkinson.
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Electoral defeat comes for us all in the end.
Winston Churchill defected in his time, as did Oswald Mosley. In fact, a defection played a key part in the formation of the Conservative party.
Even though Keir Starmer is more comfortable being associated with the leaders of the last Labour government than Jeremy Corbyn or Ed Miliband, this is not a return to the past.
John Major admitted to be too thin-skinned when his government started to crumble.
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