@voyou Incredible that a single photo could so completely refute the Nairn-Anderson thesis https://twitter.com/PoliticsMoments/status/1654926252879249410 7 May 23 Reply Retweet Favorite

Ouch

For at least a little while, I've been the top Google result for 'Communist Cliche'. Sure, Google say their results are based on an impersonal algorithm, but this looks an awful lot like an insult to me.

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