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How I provoked the wrath of Mumsnet

James Delingpole says You Know It Makes Sense

issue 02 October 2010

James Delingpole says You Know It Makes Sense

Apparently I’m in the doghouse. It’s because of a piece I wrote in Tatler which asked the question: ‘If you had a boy and a girl and could only afford to educate one of them privately, which would you choose?’

All other things being equal, I foolhardily argued, it should be the boy.

This is the kind of article guaranteed to grab the attention of the termagants’ website Mumsnet.

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