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RIP to a PM who existed only in the Mirror's imagination
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RIP to a PM who existed only in the Mirror's imagination

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A Daily Mirror newspaper front page from May 1994 featuring a memorial to John Smith (Labour Party leader) who died that year. The left side shows a blue plaque reading 'John Smith Should Have Lived Here' mounted on 10 Downing Street, while the right side displays his photograph with the headline 'The Best Prime Minister We Never Had' - a speculative/counterfactual tribute suggesting he would have been an excellent PM had he lived to lead the country.
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