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Mind your language

The real problem with the Fatima advert

31 October 2020

9:00 AM

31 October 2020

9:00 AM

An advertisement from GCHQ provoked angry comment because it seemed to suggest that some ballet dancers would be better working with computers, or as it put it: ‘Fatima’s next job could be in cyber.’

The angry brigade said that ballet dancers should not have to give up their art. I suspect too an element of hatred of the state’s security apparatus.

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