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26 April 2015

A journalist used the words “little slut“ in conversation with Theresa May. What larks!

We really need a macro for putting “Seriously?” in the standfirst.

By Media Mole

So, Simon Walters reports the following exchange in this morning’s Mail on Sunday.

Your mole quits. Here’s me, working just to make rent on my molehill in an unfashionable part of turn and people are being paid to file copy that boils down to “Hehehe, I used the word slut to her!” 

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