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David Cameron’s not the only one in trouble over morris dancing

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18 October 2014

9:00 AM

18 October 2014

9:00 AM

Dirty dancing

David Cameron was accused of causing racial offence by posing with blacked-up Morris dancers, though it was pointed out that the tradition dates from 16th-century jobless labourers covering their faces with soot. Other Morris dancer controversies:
— In 2011 the Slubbing Billys were thrown out of a pub in Durham for breaking a rule against music.

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