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Rod Liddle

In defence of Priti Patel

29 February 2020

9:00 AM

29 February 2020

9:00 AM

We will rue the day we all decided bullying was a bad thing. The consequence is that the inept, the imbecilic and the perpetually frit will hang on to their jobs and we will become a much less efficient country. By bullying I do not mean physically beating someone up and stealing their lunch money, which is what it used to mean when it had a proper meaning.

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