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Litter bugs

Decisions, decisions. Which one would it be? Should I choose the one that cares most about the cost of living? Or the one claiming to be organic? Or perhaps I should choose the one that reckons it can hide the fact that things stink?

You’d have thought my biggest decision last week was which party of ratbags, fakers or loons to vote for in the 2023 election. As it turned

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