Another dead fox
It's interesting to see that some Labour people are being pretty cheerful at the moment.
"The Tories flagship economic policy is to share the proceeds of growth," a government insider has just remarked to one of my colleagues. "Well," he added, "we've shot that fox!"

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At 4th Sep 2008, HovelinHermit wrote:Not just shot, but buried!
I guess even nuLabour can be allowed gallows humour...
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At 4th Sep 2008, leftieoddbod wrote:how can they shoot the fox..don't they know it's illegal
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At 16th Sep 2008, robbie15 wrote:It's hunting foxes with dogs thats illegal - not shooting them
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