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Peter Rhodes on a motoring centenary, a car with self-opening doors and what can we do with the Conservative Party?

Things to do on a rainy day. Off to Warwick where volunteers from the British Motor Museum give a presentation entitled “100 Not Out – The Story of MG.”

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Conservative Party Conference

In a packed conference room, gentlemen of a certain age purr with pleasure as the screen fills with P-Types, T-Types, MGBs, and all the other slung-low sweet chariots we have coveted and adored from 1924 to 2024.

If you're one of those who grumble darkly about today's Chinese-built MGs, it seems the entire century-long history of the marque is riddled with similar moaning about the latest model not being the real thing. It's got a roof? Can't be a proper MG, and so on...