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The Tory party has nothing to run on

3 February 2024

9:00 AM

3 February 2024

9:00 AM

These days I think often of Doctor Faustus. Not because I am contemplating selling my soul to Mephistopheles, but rather because I take a moderate interest in the Conservative party, and there is one detail of Doctor Faustus – at least in the Christopher Marlowe version – that arises often in my mind.

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