For a prime minister trying to rehabilitate his credibility with alienated voters, redemption is sought from a tongue lashing on TV.

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And Tony Blair would never have had that tongue-lashing you gave him!

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The old professional elites get a tongue-lashing.

ECONOMIST: They will follow him anywhere