"There's this attitude that don't you dare touch our pensions or money, " the mayor tells me.

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Oh, and don't you dare suggest that any of the above makes the Conservatives resemble the New Labour government.

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He always wondered why his grandmother pounced on him when he joked about getting sent to Sing Sing for bad behavior, scolding him, "Don't you dare use those words in front of your grandfather!"

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