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Thursday, September 11, 2008

On Bended Knee

I hope that Mr. Brown's aides have remembered to buy him some knee pads. They must be getting rather sore by now.
Posted by Hilary Jane Margaret White at 12:20 am
Labels: Gordon Brown's Incredible Shrinking Political Career, Islamonausea

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