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Why were the Abedis here in the first place?

19 April 2025

9:00 AM

19 April 2025

9:00 AM

In recent days parliament has been recalled on a Saturday to debate the renationalisation of the British steel industry. Then, after a month-long strike by binmen in Birmingham, army planners have been called in to help address the issue of large amounts of refuse piling up in the city.

Absent a major ideological split on the right, it is hard to see how much more reminiscent of the 1970s Britain could become.

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