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The front page of the Daily Herald from January 23rd 1924 announcing both the death of Lenin and the formation of the first (Minority) Labour Government:

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Is this response to a recent post on the Socialism Or Your Money Back blog, a strong early contender for blog comment of the year?:

"Thomas More speculated that chamber pots and Lenin that public urinals would be made of gold once money was abolished. Might work because of gold's anti-corrosive properties."

Surely Marx had a view on such weighty matters or did the carbuncles colour his judgement?