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LeftishBrit

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2. Shapps is a total idiot; however

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Mon Oct 16, 2023, 08:59 PM

Oct 2023

Last edited Tue Oct 17, 2023, 09:02 AM - Edit history (1)

he also happens to be Jewish, so I think it unlikely that he was laughing about Israel as such (though all things are possible). More likely, having the attention span of a pair of gnats, he and Dowden were not listening to Sunak and were giggling about something else.

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Defense Secretary laughing during speech about Israel sparks backlash [View all] peppertree Oct 2023 OP

Bad optics but maybe something unrelated to Isreal was funny. nt doc03 Oct 2023 #1

Shapps is a total idiot; however LeftishBrit Oct 2023 #2