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In-your-face racism has returned and few are fighting against it
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Labour funding crisis: Jewish donors drop 'toxic' Ed Miliband
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Virus that 'makes humans more stupid' discovered
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EU surcharge: George Osborne 'used accounting trick to claim cut in Brussels bill'
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Jesus 'married Mary Magdalene and had children', according to ancient manuscript
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Nigel Farage caught on video suggesting NHS should be run privately
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