Odds and Ends #40: Has Labour already made a mistake?
Plus could a dodgy polling model hand the US election to Trump?
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Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, your irregular round-up of interesting links, shorter takes and other interesting things that I think you’ll like.
This week a brief note from me on a potential mistake that Labour may have already made – and it isn’t even anything to do with the Postcode Address File.
Plus an intriguing interview, a trip to America’s banter timeline, a fun nugget of Parliamentary history, and a link to an amazing essay that is one of the single most inspiring things I’ve ever read.
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Has Labour already made a mistake?
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