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TIL in 2010, a British party ran with the following policies: reducing class sizes to 3'x2'6"; increasing prison sentences to at least 20 words; making cycling more attractive by banning the obese from wearing cycle shorts; using a smaller font size to reduce the unemployment statistics, and more

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