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Cameron rebukes MP for Putin tweet

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Sat, 07 Sep, 2013 - 01:00

ENGLAND: Downing Street has disowned a Tory backbencher who branded Russian president Vladimir Putin a “tosser” amid diplomatic skirmishing between the countries.

Henry Smith used Twitter to express his opinion of Putin, host to the world’s leaders including British Prime Minister David Cameron at the G20 summit in St Petersburg.

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