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Louise Brown

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Co-founder of North East for Europe #FBPE #RejoinEU

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Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes we do! 🇪🇺 www.err.ee/1610151037/k...
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's utterly Shameful that @reform-uk-official.bsky.social have withdrawn their support for Show Racism the Red Card in Sunderland 🤬. This football charity was set up via a donation by former local player Shaka Hislop in 1996. Let's all support 'Wear Red Day' on 16th October to fight racism ❤
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Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On this conference weekend I have been made aware of this recent article from the more left wing end via Chartist with thanks to @julie4north.bsky.social Durham Pride success against Reform also mentioned at the TUC conference. ✊Photo by @wingbox99.bsky.social www.chartist.org.uk/saving-durha...
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Saving Durham Pride from Reform — Chartist
Mary Kelly Foy on community action The results of the recent local elections were, for many, a jarring wake-up call. While the headlines focused on shifting seats, changing council majorities and a ne...
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Support for rejoining the EU hits 61%! 📈 Today's Sunderland Echo 📰 letter highlights that all but 4 GB constituencies now back rejoining. With a Westminster Hall debate on Oct 12, PM Andy Burnham must drop his red lines. Write to your local MP today! ✍️ #Sunderland #RejoinEU #Brexit #UKPolitics

A scanned clipping of a published letter to the editor in the Sunderland Echo on Friday, September 25, 2026, headlined "Support grows to rejion the EU" (including the typo in "rejoin").
The letter states that support for rejoining the EU is at its highest level in a decade. It cites polling expert Sir John Curtice telling The Independent that 61 per cent would vote to rejoin in a new referendum. It notes MPs will hold a parliamentary debate on rejoining on October 12.
The text criticizes Prime Minister Andy Burnham for keeping predecessor Sir Keir Starmer's 'red lines' that block single market access, a customs union, or rejoining. This is despite a YouGov/Best for Britain poll showing all but four constituencies across Great Britain support rejoining over alternatives. The breakdown shows 35% for rejoin, 18% for a closer relationship, 6% for the single market, 5% for a customs union, and just 11% for further loosening ties.
It argues international reality is driving this rethink, with an aggressive Putin and unpredictable Trump making outdated red lines a hazard to national security. Four in 10 Brexit backers and a quarter of Reform UK voters now want stronger defence ties with European neighbours.
The letter concludes that politicians remain paralysed by a vote held 10 years ago and urges voters to write to their MPs demanding they attend the October 12 Westminster Hall debate. A large pull-quote emphasizes that constituents have had a rethink since the vote a decade ago.
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Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On this conference weekend I have been made aware of this recent article from the more left wing end via Chartist with thanks to @julie4north.bsky.social Durham Pride success against Reform also mentioned at the TUC conference. ✊Photo by @wingbox99.bsky.social www.chartist.org.uk/saving-durha...
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Saving Durham Pride from Reform — Chartist
Mary Kelly Foy on community action The results of the recent local elections were, for many, a jarring wake-up call. While the headlines focused on shifting seats, changing council majorities and a ne...
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Dawn Robertson 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 @hayloftbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The world's first public railway the Stockton & Darlington Railway was opened today in 1825. Steam trains moved coal to newly built ports. Passengers still used horses & carriages until 1833 when a passenger carriage was added.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18/09/2026
Absolutely devastating news. This is the impact of the radical right's hate. People who are saving lives are under attack. Appalling.
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RNLI suspends Portsmouth services after volunteers abused for saving migrants
Andy Burnham earlier this month hit out at 'appalling' abuse directed at hero crews after they were labelled as traitors
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Misleading your allies" 🤥 Between a Met Police probe & a cross-Channel farce, #Farage's plans are unraveling. Today's Sunderland Echo 📰 letter exposes Reform's stunt: a small boats pact where the key pledge was hidden from their French allies! 🎪 #Sunderland #ReformUK #UKPolitics
A scanned letter published in this Friday's Sunderland Echo headlines "Misleading your allies". It features a large pull quote: "You cannot claim to be great defenders of national sovereignty while pushing a migration policy so unworkable it requires misleading allies".
The letter discusses Reform UK's mounting controversies, starting with a Met Police criminal investigation into alleged illegal foreign funding. It then focuses on an embarrassing farce from the party's Birmingham conference: a memorandum of understanding on small boats agreed between Nigel Farage and France's National Rally president, Jordan Bardella.
The deal triggered immediate outrage in France, with politicians refusing to let their country become a "subcontractor for Great Britain". The letter notes this exposes the fatal flaw in nationalist populism—when nationalists ask other nationalists to accept their problems, they immediately cry treason.
Crucially, the text highlights a glaring discrepancy: while the English version claims France will "ordinarily accept" returned migrants, this commitment is completely missing from the French translation. The letter concludes that a policy requiring you to mislead allies is unworkable.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
🤔 Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he now hosts his own weekly primetime show on GB News. 🚨Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias. 👇 Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action.
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17/09/2026
🇨🇦 First Canada, now potentially New Zealand and Australia? ❓ Where is Britain? Isolated and vulnerable in a multipolar world. Burnham must go for full EU membership and put us back at the top table of this new and exciting European project.
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Metsola: Australia, New Zealand could be next EU 'associated members'
Metsola tells Euronews pitch for “associate membership” with Canada will strengthen cooperation with like-minded countri
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herodotuspenguin.bsky.social @herodotuspenguin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I was there. It was fantastic. Lots of EU flags throughout the hall.
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Reform conference was a car crash" 💥 #Farage claims no laws broken after officials discussed illegal foreign money 💰 But letter in today's Sunderland Echo 📰: Saying you haven't broken laws isn't enough to be judged ethical & fit for power! ⚖️ #Sunderland #ReformUK #UKPolitics #RejoinEU
Scanned letter to the editor published in the Sunderland Echo print edition on Friday, September 11, 2026, headlined "Conference was a 'car crash'".
The letter details how Reform UK's party conference was overshadowed by a Channel 4 undercover investigation showing senior officials discussing how to channel an impermissible £500,000 foreign donation through a UK-resident to hide its overseas origin. The author criticises Nigel Farage's dismissal of the revelations as "loose pub talk" and his defence that no laws were broken.
Pointing to wider controversies—including undisclosed gifts, links to convicted fraudster 'Posh George' Cottrell, and former Welsh leader Nathan Gill's jailing for Moscow-linked bribes—the letter argues that Reform's issues go far beyond a few bad apples.
A large red pull-quote reads: "Politicians make our laws; saying you haven't broken any of them isn't enough to be judged trustworthy, ethical, and fit for power."
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Well done to Thank EU For The Music at #lastnightoftheproms for doing an amazing job with the 🇪🇺 🇪🇺 Photo by Sylvia Winglet
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/09/2026
A damning indictment of where hate leads. RNLI has to warn its volunteers - people who save lives - not to wear branded clothes for fear of being attacked. Absolutely shameful.
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RNLI reviews security measures after far-right threats
The charity’s chief executive said the online abuse was ‘wholly unacceptable’
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/09/2026
Brilliant letter in The Journal 👏 No other policy offers a better way to grow the UK economy than EU membership. Do you want to see your letter in your local paper? Then use our template:
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We would have had this protection if we hadn't left the EU 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️ Nurdle pollution Port of Tyne boss calls for regulations - BBC News share.google/hUjzjXF7rgFK...
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Nurdle pollution Port of Tyne boss calls for regulations
One billion plastic pellets have polluted the north-east England coastline, estimates suggest.
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Letter in today's Newcastle Chronicle about why only EU membership can grow the NE economy.
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In today's Sunderland Echo 📰: "Brexit refuses to sit quietly in its own little silo." Empty rhetoric won't fix public services or the economy. As Parliament debates the 10-year fallout today, will North East MPs challenge the PM or stay silent? 👇 #Sunderland #NorthEast #UKPol #RejoinEU
Scanned letter to the editor published in the Sunderland Echo print edition, Wednesday, September 2, 2026. The letter, headlined "PM comments disappointing", criticises Prime Minister Andy Burnham for offering vague rhetoric on European relations rather than reversing the damage of Brexit. It features a large pull-quote reading: "Brexit refuses to sit quietly in its own little silo, awaiting attention". The text notes that Labour members are around 80% pro-Rejoin and argues that Brexit directly harms public services, defence, youth opportunities, and the cost of living.
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A big presence protesting against Nigel Farage speaking at the Reform Conference right now. Hecklers galore have got inside too! Photos courtesy of Sylvia Zamperini
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In today's Journal (Newcastle) 📰: Letter calls out Farage's £250k Clacton by-election stunt. 75–85% of Labour, Lib Dem & Green voters back #EU membership. Westminster must reflect public reality, not Reform sleaze! #NorthEast #UKPolitics #RejoinEU
Letter headed "By-election was a stunt", which appeared in The Journal (Newcastle) on 28 August 2026. The letter responds to claims about the Clacton by-election, pointing out that 75% to 85% of Labour, Liberal Democrat, and Green Party supporters back EU membership across key voter priorities like the economy, border controls, and public services. It condemns Nigel Farage's by-election as an expensive £250,000 stunt designed to evade standards scrutiny over a £5m gift from an overseas crypto-billionaire, which has backfired and served instead to further expose Reform UK's murky finances.
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We invite you to watch the parliamentary debate on Brexit tomorrow with us! Westminster Hall debate: Impact of the 2016 EU membership referendum on the UK with Pete Wishart MP (SNP) Be sure to arrive early to go through security. Or watch it on parliamentlive.tv from 9.30am on Wednesday.
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Watching Dawn Butler participate in today's Westminster Hall debate: Impact of the 2016 EU membership referendum. For those not there in person you can also watch it on parliamentlive.tv right now.
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In today's @teessidelive.bsky.social 📰: The dismantling of the desperate hunt for #Brexit scapegoats. 5 to 1, the public sees Brexit as a failure. Stop blaming civil servants or the European Union; hold architects Johnson & Farage accountable! 📉🇪🇺 #Teesside #RejoinEU 👇
 A scanned letter to the editor in The Gazette (Teesside) print edition, dated August 26, 2026. The headline is "Honesty not scapegoats". The letter notes a 5-to-1 public consensus that Brexit is a failure and mentions an upcoming Sept 2 Westminster Hall debate secured by SNP MP Pete Wishart. The author criticises Brexit architects like Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson for hunting for scapegoats, such as the civil service and a "punitive" EU, rather than taking responsibility for the trade barriers and customs checks British negotiators explicitly requested by choosing to leave the Single Market.
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Today's #NewcastleJournal 📰: A claim the EU "erected" trade barriers is debunked. Leaving the Single Market was a UK choice. We built our own barriers! Hopefully the #AndyBurnham 'listening tour' includes #NorthEast exporters - and this #Brexit mess gets fixed. 📉🇪🇺 #Newcastle #UKEconomy #RejoinEU 👇
Letter headed "Stop blaming EU for terms", which appeared in The Journal (Newcastle) on the 18 August 2026. The idea that the European Union imposed trade barriers on Britain because of Brexit is debunked - who chose to impose them on ourselves - and Andy Burnham urged to address the mess.
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
An excellent letter in the local Gazette urging Burnham to go further with the EU 🇪🇺
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You will have read about the devastating #Nurdle spillage affecting North East beaches over the summer. Did you know that if we had still been part of the EU we would have been covered by their new legislation that they passed last year designed to prevent such plastic pellet pollution?
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Great to see a young woman leading the way on this! 🇪🇺✊ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A #severealert from #Binface
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Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
(Temu) Binface was at Doncaster Pride t'other day and got loads of support in this Reform Council area 🗑#Binmania
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Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
(Temu) Binface was at Doncaster Pride t'other day and got loads of support in this Reform Council area 🗑#Binmania
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Not in the UK of course due to Brexit.....
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Cost of living is top of Burnham's agenda: Brexit therefore must be tackled as part of this. Letter in the Sunderland Echo
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
In today's #Newcastle Journal 📰: Letter outlines the stark reality for PM #AndyBurnham. We can't fix public services while ignoring the £182bn annual economic hit from #Brexit 📉. Voters in the #NorthEast demand practical solutions & an urgent #EU 🇪🇺 reset! #UKPolitics #RejoinEU #UKEconomy #UKLabour

A letter headed "EU still key to UK's fortunes", which appeared in The Journal (North East) on 5 August 2026. The letter argues that Prime Minister Andy Burnham must address the £182 billion annual economic damage of Brexit if he wants to fund public services. It notes that voters and employers in the North East demand practical solutions rather than relitigating 2016, urging the government to finalize an SPS trade agreement and build a Youth Mobility Scheme to support local sectors.
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In today's #Newcastle Journal 📰: graduate of 'the college of common sense' dismantles a " #Brexit boom" myth ✉️. Starting from an artificially low post-Covid baseline doesn't hide the reality: raising #UKTrade barriers hurts #UKEconomy! 📉🇪🇺 #NorthEast #UKPolitics #RejoinEU Full letter below! 👇
A newspaper clipping of a letter in The Journal (North East), from 7 August 2026, headed "Brexit figures don't add up". The letter argues that Brexit supporters falsely use an artificially low post-Covid baseline to claim economic success. It notes that "common sense" and economists agree that raising trade barriers with the EU and creating new red tape severely harms UK growth, and that distant trade deals offer only minuscule gains in comparison.
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Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Some great shots of Newcastle Pride by David Whinham in here. Temu Binface with Dame Kelly Holmes is the best obvs! 🗑🏳️‍🌈🏃‍♀️ www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/pride-brin...
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A £45 VAT energy tweak won't heal a £6,000 #Brexit wound. In today’s @ChronicleLive, a letter on why the public—tired of the harm caused—will back swift #EU moves by #AndyBurnham. Time to fix our economy. 👇 #RejoinEU #UKEconomy #NorthEast #UKPolitics
A screenshot of a letter published in the Newcastle Chronicle on 24 July 2026, headlined "Burnham needs to act fast to fix Brexit," calling for urgent economic realignment with Europe.
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Count Binface was out spreading the 🇪🇺 word at Newcastle Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Photos by Sylvia Zamperini
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Well done to our volunteer Lynn, who fights for local commemoration as well as working on our national memorial. We will never forget them. ❤️
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Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
A lot of support for Count Binface at Durham Miners Gala 🗑✊ ian-duncan.co.uk/2026/07/11/e...
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Even Count Binface made a proxy appearance at Durham Miners Gala 2026
A team Binface slogan banner at Durham Miners Gala in 2026. Picture: Ian Duncan. I headed across to Durham this morning to photograph the 140th anniversary of the Durham Miners Gala and it was good…
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Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Today marks Ireland taking over the Presidency of the EU and I reckon they can give me an EU passport for gracing their official brochure about it, non? Includes very recent pics from @marchforrejoin.co.uk 🇮🇪🇪🇺 library.myebook.com/theparliamen...
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
We'd need to negotiate 40 similar deals to offset the OBR's estimate of a roughly 4% hit from #Brexit." 📉 A Sunderland Echo letter dismantles post-Brexit trade myths. This isn't what our region's 2016 voters were promised. It's time for one deal that actually works. Do you agree? 🇪🇺 #RejoinEU
A letter headed “The polls show what is wanted”, which appeared in the Sunderland Echo on 10 July 2026. Polling shows that the majority of us want to rejoin the European Union. That increasingly includes one-time Leave voters, too.
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
A very fitting tribute to Jo Cox at the 140th Durham Miners Gala today.
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Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
21 years ago today 💔
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Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
London Pride 🏳️‍🌈 with @wingbox99.bsky.social
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Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
London Pride 🏳️‍🌈 with @wingbox99.bsky.social
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Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Today marks Ireland taking over the Presidency of the EU and I reckon they can give me an EU passport for gracing their official brochure about it, non? Includes very recent pics from @marchforrejoin.co.uk 🇮🇪🇪🇺 library.myebook.com/theparliamen...
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Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Even as far away as Yemen, they are talking about the disaster of Brexit this week to mark the anniversary wah.news/posts/106141
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Even as far away as Yemen, they are talking about the disaster of Brexit this week to mark the anniversary wah.news/posts/106141
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