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muriel_volestrangler

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3. and it turns out the "new startup business" Grayling was proud of supporting

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Sat Feb 9, 2019, 11:24 AM

Feb 2019

was actually backed by an Irish company. So all of the firms the emergency contracts went to were EU or EU-backed. This shows the precarious state of much of our economy, and the ridiculousness of the blind optimism over the tremendous trade the Brexiteers predict will he done.

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