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Why I’m ducking the Rashford debate

31 October 2020

9:00 AM

31 October 2020

9:00 AM

Moments arrive when it becomes clear you’re losing the zeitgeist. Whatever might be the spirit of the era, you don’t get it any more. For me such a moment occurred last week as I followed news and commentary about the footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign for meal vouchers for disadvantaged children during the school holidays.

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