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Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Thank you for playing. Now get out.

Posted on 11:35 by Unknown
A moment to lift the heart. Bye-bye!Update: Maureen Dowd's op-ed piece in today's New York Times, 'Exit the Boy-King', is excellent.
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