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“JEREMY CORBYN and John McDonnell — they’re like our own Lennon and McCartney.” These are the words of a union official at the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) conference which began last weekend.
We are in Liverpool, so perhaps it’s not surprising to hear musical comparisons.
This is, after all, the city that gave the world the Beatles, Cilla Black, Frankie Goes to Hollywood — and also shadow chancellor John McDonnell, I say reminding them of the Hayes MP’s Merseyside roots.
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