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‘A nursery of the Commons’: how the Oxford Union created today’s ruling political class
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At the Oxford university debating society in the 80s, a generation of aspiring politicians honed the art of winning using jokes, rather than facts. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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