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The Flip Side
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Handing out pre-election lollies

OPINION: Is the St James Theatre restoration announcement a case of Labour digging down the back of the sofa to find cash for vote sweeteners?

NBR senior journalist Maria Slade speaks with Hamish McNicol.

Maria Slade Wed, 26 Jul 2023

The election campaign still has 80-odd days to run and, if the past few are anything to go by, we’re in for more twists and turns than an Edwardian farce.

With dismal poll results, ministers falling like dominoes, and not much in the kitty for pork barrel politics, Labour is having to get

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