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Sunday, October 22, 2017

The shorter Sajid Javid

We don't encourage reliance on experts, particularly foreign experts, in this school. We will now sing the national anthem and if I catch any boy not singing loud enough he will be beaten.
Posted by Jonathan Calder at 9:00 pm
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