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23 December 2016

The MPs who dare to speak about Christmas

The Staggers wishes everyone a happy festival-that-must-not-be-named. 

By Julia Rampen

Something’s looming. What it is, we dare not say, but it involves presents, cake, old movies, and singing. Perhaps even a – whisper it – church. 

And before you bellow: “DO YOU MEAN IT’S CHRISTMAS?” remember these Tory MPs. For months they have been warning of the consequences of daring to hang baubles on a pine tree you have erected in your living room. 

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