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"Business never rests."

"In history, the arrival of a small man in a big hat is rarely good news."

"I'd very rarely quote George Galloway as an authority, but when he describes Rochdale as "tinder dry, waiting for a s…"

"As the night wore on, it became clearer this was not just a simple Tories-out, Labour-in story. The more we look in d…"

"In general appearance the is an extremely large and powerful fellow, with a beautiful head and speaking countenance, …"

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"When I was a little boy at school, floundering through Herodotus, and getting double doses of fum-fum daily for my An…"

"Every child knows how fond cats are of hunting and catching mice, but no cat any respectability would think of confin…"