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Thursday, February 23, 2012

The shorter John Bercow

Abolish party conferences so everyone can look at me on television instead.
Posted by Jonathan Calder at 9:11 pm
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Richard Gadsden said...

Even shorter:

I don't go to conference parties any more.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa

23 February, 2012 21:50

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