It sounds like a bad joke, but that is what happened last night in Syracuse.

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"What happened last night was a spectacle of sheer opportunism on the part of Labour, " he said.

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But these are hard arguments to make and, in the aftermath of what happened last night, even harder to appreciate.

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Are you willing to concede at all that what happened last night was not just an expression of frustration about the economy, but a fundamental rejection of your agenda?

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Lazio chairman Claudio Lotito said on Thursday: "Lazio fans have nothing to do with what happened last night" and he added that there would be "surprises about the real culprits".

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And I would say that what happened last night falls under the rubric of making sure that people know why he's making decisions that he's made and the success of those decisions?

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"They're talking about what happened in the club last night, " he adds.

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"I got a phone call from Walter Smith last night explaining what had happened and that he was a doubt for the Rangers game next weekend, " said Levein.

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