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Flat White

How dare he!

12 October 2019

3:47 PM

12 October 2019

3:47 PM

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has stolen even more of Greta Thunberg’s childhood by winning this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, beating the 16-year old Swedish Apocalyptic who seemed to have been the sentimental favourite of the international chattering classes (and the betting site Ladbrokes) by playing the same role for climate strikes as Ronald Reagan once played for Chesterfield cigarettes and throwing a tantrum at the United Nations where she shouted at the adults for killing the planet.

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