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SO 11 junior ministers volunteered to become kamikaze pilots in the national interest while their commander was in Japan (January 15).

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Fri, 16 Jan, 2009 - 00:00

As for the other nine, let’s give each of them a samurai sword confiscated from the young thugs now ruling our mean streets.

PJ McElhone

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