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struggle4progress

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Sat Sep 28, 2019, 01:46 AM Sep 2019

British politics has been taken over by trolls

By CNN
8:37am Sep 28, 2019

Is Britain being led by political trolls? ...

After being hauled back from New York by order of the Supreme Court, a furious Boris Johnson tore into lawmakers in the House of Commons on Wednesday night for failing to back his Brexit plans or grant him a general election ...

In one particularly vicious swipe, he dismissed as "humbug" the concerns of an MP, Paula Sherriff, who asked him to recall the politically motivated murder three years ago of a Labour lawmaker, Jo Cox ...

"When the trolls are in Parliament, how do we stop feeding the trolls," asked opposition Labour MP, Stella Creasy ...

https://www.9news.com.au/world/boris-johnson-brexit-news-has-british-politics-been-taken-over-by-trolls/2ba0fad6-09dc-47ba-8e38-3ef4748bebf2

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British politics has been taken over by trolls (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2019 OP
Same here. See: Trump, Nunes, Gaetz, Gohmert, Graham, etc. etc. NCLefty Sep 2019 #1
Johnson's own sister, Rachel, called his remarks tasteless. OnDoutside Sep 2019 #2
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