As prime minister between 1997 and 2002 Lionel Jospin, himself an ex-Trotskyist, privatised more assets than any of his right-wing predecessors.

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Better still, no matter how different the game is from its predecessors, it still feels right at home in the Metal Gear universe.

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Unlike their predecessors from the 1960s, modern computers can handle the complex calculations required to come up with the right shapes.

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