HEY NONNY NO ! trilled the Tory Daily Mail one morning last week. After the bitterest winter in 50 years, daffodils were blooming in London's parks, and government officials reported with relief that the unemployment rate had dropped, from 3.9% to 3.1%, for the first time in more than six months. Their jubilation was short-lived. In a rite of spring such as Britain has not witnessed since the Depression, more than 5,000 jobless workers converged on London to protest their plight, touching off an ugly, rock-throwing battle at the very door of...
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