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Matthew Parris

What kind of idiot tries to stand in the way of a national child abuse panic? I do

I know the rumours. I think they’re mostly nonsense. I don’t expect a fair hearing

12 July 2014

9:00 AM

12 July 2014

9:00 AM

As essay titles go, ‘On losing an argument with Tim Loughton MP’ may fail to catch the imagination; but there we are: I don’t need to be re-elected.

You know before you start when you’re on a losing wicket, and I had fully expected to lose this argument, which was on live television with Adam Boulton.

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