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Article: No, not that New Statesman
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 15, 1997
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When the Conservatives converge on the genteel Sussex coastal
resort of Eastbourne next month for their annual conference, some
may be startled to see the words New Statesman emblazoned on their
delegate pack. But this won't be a reference to the TV sitcom whose
central character, the slimy, philandering Alan B'Stard, seems to
have become an inspiring role model for certain sadly
non-fictitious but now washed-up Tory MPs.
It will be a plug for the New Statesman magazine. The idea of
that publication sponsoring anything at a Tory Party conference
would, not so long ago, have struck most media-savvy folk as
utterly unthinkable. Not just because the "Staggers", as its
nickname suggests, was ...