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31 August 2011

In full: Shaun Woodward’s “Guns of August“ memo

Labour analysis of David Cameron's shift right may read well, but does it hold much weight?

By Dan Hodges

You have to hand it to Shaun Woodward. He’s got style. No anodyne, prosaic analysis of the political scene from Labour’s shadow Northern Ireland secretary. His “Guns of August” memo charting the shift of position of Cameron’s Tory party since the election, and published in full here for the first time, is up there with the best in narrative history:

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