Burying the u-turns before the Jubilee? Smart.
Having your u-turns plastered across the front pages by bored hacks. Priceless.

Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.
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