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'You lose the argument if you mention the war'
Why we should all update our analogies.
The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has accused the EU of considering Nazi-style 鈥減unishment beatings鈥� over Britain's decision to leave the EU.
He isn't the first politician to use events around World War Two to illustrate a political point.
The social historian and author Juliet Gardiner and guardian columnist Sir Simon Jenkins discuss whether it's dangerous to draw parallels with history.
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