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Paul Mason: which side are you on?
The self-described student Trotskyist turned 'radical social democrat' specialises in providing 'left' cover for right-wing politics, argues NICK WRIGHT

IF PAUL MASON were to appear before John Humphrys on Mastermind there is no doubt what his special subject would be.

The TV pundit would undoubtedly do best on the subject of which he has become the foremost practitioner: “constructing left-wing arguments for right-wing policies.”

First up would be his defence of Britain’s nuclear weapons. For Mason, opposition to Trident is nothing more than the perennial obsession of “the old, Stalinist wing of the movement.”

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