Clement Attlee
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‘Are you a Leaver or a Remainer?’
‘My strategy is to go on losing
until you come to your senses.’
‘I trust that none of us will be
affected by these tough decisions.’
‘Well, it won’t be long now until nothing
happens again.’
‘It’s the shortages and civil war that’s putting me off going back to Britain.’
‘Takes himself a bit seriously, that one.’
‘I’m in the mixed doubles.’
‘Least said, texted, tweeted, retweeted, Instagrammed, posted, uploaded, shared, blogged, vlogged and Snapchatted, soonest mended.’
‘At least Chris Grayling isn’t in charge of the ferry.’
