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T_i_B

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8. Common sense isn't common....

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #7)

Tue Nov 14, 2023, 02:42 AM

Nov 2023

Certainly nothing "common sense" about a minister for going about the place calling anything they don't like "woke".

The current right wing obsession with calling anything they don't like "woke" is tedious beyond all measure. You know whenever anyone uses that word that they are certain to be talking utter drivel.

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David Cameron back in UK government as foreign secretary - Braverman out, Cleverly replaces her as home secretary [View all] muriel_volestrangler Nov 2023 OP

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Common sense isn't common.... T_i_B Nov 2023 #8

If it was 'common sense' you wouldn't need a 'tsar' for it. LeftishBrit Nov 2023 #9

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