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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Jun 2017

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Nick Hilton

    Americans have this illusion that the English ruling class is polite & refined. They are in fact brutal & rude. c.f. Waugh, St Aubyn etc.https://twitter.com/nickfthilton/status/870752983046397955 …

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    Nick HiltonVerified account @nickfthilton
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    This is extraordinary stuff for a grown man, let alone the Foreign Secretary #BBCQT pic.twitter.com/NdymXnhnhQ
    3:45 PM - 2 Jun 2017
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    • Darran McLaughlin 🥀TINA /V\ The Complaining Angel🥀 Matthew Elliot Dolores Wells Gutti Ormur Brandon Wilson Andrew Pickett 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡 𝙶𝚞𝚒𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚍 Pete Williamson 🇺🇦
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      1. Brandon Jonely  🌹‏ @Aldowyn 2 Jun 2017
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        It's the accent

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      1. dbdiendb‏ @ejc_ 2 Jun 2017
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        This wasnt even the worst of it. He pushed another Labour MP on live TV a few hours earlier.

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      1. Owl Tamale‏ @OwlTamale 2 Jun 2017
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        Johnson has always been a total clown. Not surprising that he was great friends with Andrew Sullivan in school

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      1. dacid pleatherman  ✨ 🐒‏ @ShrimpMeatMom 2 Jun 2017
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        (They are, in fact, very similar to our own ruling class.)

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      1. steve hatfield‏ @shatfield126 2 Jun 2017
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        But their rudeness and brutality is brilliantly rendered, a universe away from Duck Dynasty rudeness and brutality.

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      1. AmyD‏ @amydipa 2 Jun 2017
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        "Oh I'm so sorry!" as if he cannot believe the offense.

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      1. VA is 4 Lo ❤️ers Biden my time‏ @z9bill 2 Jun 2017
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        Those schools they attend make children into avarice filled automatons.

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      1. Bruce Thompson51‏ @BruceThompson51 2 Jun 2017
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        "Drunk as a lord" didn't come out of nowhere, yes.

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      1. Kevin Giampa‏ @kevingiampa 2 Jun 2017
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        You don't achieve a worldwide empire by being polite and refined.

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      1. bettybarc0de  🚲‏ @bettybarc0de 2 Jun 2017
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        The result of decades of Masterpiece Theater.

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