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‘Bloody elites.’
‘Stop arguing! This is going on social media.’
‘You’re writing Christmas cards, not tweets!’
‘I don’t want her to grow up reading fairy tales where she’s rescued by Prince Charming.’
‘We can talk about sex, religion, politics
and even Brexit — but no veganism!’
‘Bad news. The naughty/nice list is in contravention of the new GDPR rules.’
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