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Putting on his stern face and serious voice in a sombre address from the Downing Street branch of Oak Furniture Land - er, sorry,.the briefing room - Sir Keir Starmer outlined his position on the mounting crisis over Greenland.
“Britain is a pragmatic country," he said. "We prefer solutions to slogans."
Indeed. Too right, we've all had our fill of slogans, we certainly don't want any more.
What we really want to see is a 'Plan For Change', a government 'getting on with the job' of 'Fixing the Foundations', with a 'laser-like focus' on creating 'A Britain Built for All.'
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But credit where it's due, and on the whole the Prime Minister did a pretty good job of standing firm........