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3 December 2012

Why Kelvin MacKenzie is wrong to diss the north

There's so much wrong with Kelvin MacKenzie's idea for a "Southern Party" that it's hard to know where to start.

By Charlie Hallam

Sometimes, you start a day with the best of intentions, and then someone ruins it all. I planned to spend today knitting, maybe doing some baking, planning for Christmas.

But no. Kelvin MacKenzie’s been a dickhead, and so I plan to spend the next few hundred words informing him of exactly how much of a dickhead he is. 

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