But he brought with him an awful lot of jam tomorrow as well as accountability today.

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Cynics mutter that this is just a variant of jam tomorrow, but for the moment no one really knows.

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"Let's have some jam today for those who will look after you tomorrow, " he told delegates to rapturous applause.

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