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The unbearable pointlessness of Parliament

15 December 2018

9:00 AM

15 December 2018

9:00 AM

Christmas books pages usually invite columnists to nominate their publishing event of the year. Well, here’s a corker: The Ties that Bind: Citizenship and Civic Engagement in the 21st Century, published by the House of Lords Citizenship and Civic Engagement committee. That obscure body has 12 members and takes itself seriously.

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