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Trazzled all into Ciders BARRY PAVIER, London Fleet St Star MENTION of Lord Matthews, the boss of Express Newspapers and Cunard (30 Ocreminded me of a TV interviev some monins ago, the political con-game Matthews said that he personally vetted every editorial in his paper. Anything which displeased him came out. That's Mecause OlIe ot his the Daily Star, broadly supports the Callaghan-Healey mob. Matthews evidently does not regard the Labour riaht as a threat to canitalism This just shows how much choice voters
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