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Why academics hold Thatcher and Trump in such contempt

19 November 2020

1:15 AM

19 November 2020

1:15 AM

‘Has that orange baboon gone yet?’ asked a senior professor in the teacher’s room at my university yesterday.

The remark went down well, despite the unfashionable remark about someone’s skin color and the dubious zoomorphic comparison.

As did an earlier comment from another colleague joking about how he’d like to replace Trump’s corona medication with something more potent (i.e.

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