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"Never such innocence,
Never before or since,
As changed itself to past
Without a word – the men
Leaving the gardens tidy,
The thousands of marriages,
Lasting a little while longer:
Never such innocence again."

- Philip Larkin, MCMXIV (1964)

What is this?

This is a New Year's resolution, my friend.

You normally don't do those.

I don't, no... but this time, I have. I've been meaning to do this for a very long time and now I've got the chance. Sort of.

"Sort of"?

Well, why do you think that we're doing this classic TLIA- opening?

Because your mind is drifting into insanity, of course.

Wrong - it's because I'm going to use the TLIA- format to write up my timeline.

So... another Shapiroverse-style one?

Actually, no. I've gone for something a bit more classic. It's a bit more The Curse of Maggie or Shuffling The Deck. You know the sort of thing - PM's picture, party, years of office, witty subtitle, etc.

Then why doesn't it have a bloody "TLIA-" prefix to it?

Because I don't know how long I'll take and I probably won't even update it that regularly. I just want to get my ideas down because they've been sitting around for months and I'm tired of not doing anything with them.

Okay, okay - calm down. Are we going to begin?

Yeah, might as well. Here we go...
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