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LeftishBrit

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31. True (though you really only elected him once); and how stupid could Brits be to elect Thatcher

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #21)

Wed Mar 18, 2015, 08:22 AM

Mar 2015

THREE times?

As Churchill once said, democracy is the worst possible system, except for all the others.

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True (though you really only elected him once); and how stupid could Brits be to elect Thatcher LeftishBrit Mar 2015 #31

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