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Labour’s thumping majority has transformed the end-of-days atmosphere in the House of Commons under the clapped-out Conservatives into one of buzzy optimism.
It’s a much more diverse parliament, with the highest number of Muslim MPs ever. As one such MP, back for a fourth term, I was sufficiently emboldened to swear my oath of allegiance on the Qur’an, having previously chosen the atheist affirmation.
