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A mendacious and xenophobic denigration of refugees
The Paddy McGuffin column

A smoke filled auction room, which may or may not be a Middle Eastern branch of Sotheby’s somewhere in the United Arab Emirates…

“Welcome back ladies, gentlemen, crown princes, sultanas, tycoons and oligarchs. As the British ambassador allow me to welcome you to this very special auction.

“And now we move to lot number 48. A genuine British visa.

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