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Nobody likes a goal hanger
Labour’s wet leadership has developed a habit of trying to grab victories at the last minute that aren’t meaningfully theirs. Surely we can do better, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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I WAS never any good at football as a kid, but even I understood that being a “goal hanger” invited contempt.
“Goal hanging” meant lurking round the opposition’s goalmouth for most of the game, waiting to pick up any stray balls and knock them in.
The “goal hanger” was trying to get the personal glory of scoring without putting in the effort to increase the team’s overall score.
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