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Suddenly everyone wants an iron bar under their bed

I keep an iron bar under my bedside table. I was telling a colleague about it the other week, while mobs were rampaging across London. ‘

issue 27 August 2011
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I keep an iron bar under my bedside table. I was telling a colleague about it the other week, while mobs were rampaging across London. ‘

I keep an iron bar under my bedside table. I was telling a colleague about it the other week, while mobs were rampaging across London.

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