POLICY AND POLITICS

Bringing the hood to you

Remember the days when we were all encouraged to ‘hug a hoodie’ – those loveable rogues who David Cameron decided to embrace in a bid to banish the Tories’ reputation for branding anyone under 18 as a thug in need of an ASBO?

Remember the days when we were all encouraged to ‘hug a hoodie' – those loveable rogues who David Cameron decided to embrace in a bid to banish the Tories' reputation for branding anyone under 18 as a thug in need of an ASBO?

Alas, our days of snuggling up to strangers in a cynical bid to up our political reputation have long gone. Wave-at-a-hoodie-from-six-foot-away-in-a-responsible-social-distanced-way doesn't have quite the same ring to it, does it?

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