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A Beginner’s Guide to 4-D Chess
by Steve Pottinger
[Cartoon by Lewis Marsden]

Play the man, and not the ball.
Sneer about 2019, the impotence
of protest. Say nothing of slaughter.

Talk tough on benefits 
in your free suit, glasses, shoes.
Mention veterans. Stop boats.

Glastonbury tickets trump digital tax.
You have a right to watch football.
Let me be clear. These are facts.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
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