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Politics boils down to whose side a political party is on and Labour is undoubtedly the champion of working people while the Conservatives are in the pockets of the rich.

Would-be Chancellor John McDonnell’s promise to put more money into purses and wallets while improving public services we all rely would reverse nine years of Tory failures.

Transforming the near £6,000 he claims is the rip-off cost of the Tories into a £6,700 Labour boost are calculations which will be picked over but there’s no dispute over which party represents the working classes.

From a minimum wage worth at least £10 an hour and scrapping callous Universal Credit to better buses and justice for pensioners, Labour is on your side.

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Behind a dishonest Brexit mantra the Tories and Boris Johnson have nothing to offer and they would tighten living standards.

This election is getting very interesting.

Sickening lies

Donald Trump’s denial he has his eye on the NHS could be interpreted as confirmation it’s a target in any trade deal.

Because the exact opposite of what the lying President says tends to be case and he is on record in June this year during a visit asserting everything would be on the table.

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Boris Johnson trying to script, gag and shun his close associate from Washington is the mini-me desperately covering tracks when we all know that, should the Tories win this election, it would be Trump calling the shots.

Trump taking voters for fools will backfire on a PM who once demanded patients be charged. Britons spot phonies a mile off.

Wright stuff

England football hero Ian Wright showed his softer side in talking on I’m a Celebrity about how an inspirational teacher helped make him the man he is

Good teachers are worth their weight in gold so let’s start paying them what they’re worth after years of Tory wage-squeezing austerity.