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Kabul Conference
Wednesday 21st July 2010

(13 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elfyn Llwyd Portrait Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC)
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In his keynote Guardian interview on 10 July, the Deputy Prime Minister said:

“I am a revolutionary but”—

Chris Ruane Portrait Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab)
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But he’s turned full circle.

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Indeed. The Deputy Prime Minister said:

“I am a revolutionary but I am also a pragmatist”.

When he suddenly agreed to raise VAT, was he being a revolutionary pragmatist or a pragmatic revolutionary?

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