Labour Should Stop Fighting Itself and Get Back to Its Roots
This created a tension that's existed ever since, with Roundheads who see their party as a vehicle to help the working man (and eventually working women too) lining up against Cavaliers championing lofty ideals about human rights and justice for all.
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