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I say to myself that I mustn't let myself be cut off in there, and yet the moment I enter my bag is taken out of my hand, I'm pushed in, shepherded, nursed and above all cut off, alone. Whitehall envelops me.

Richard Crossman

Richard Crossman (1907–1974), British Labour politician. diary entry, Oct. 22, 1964.

After his first week in the Cabinet.

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