The Week That Really Was EP48 - Giving Both Barrels to the Brand

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The Week That Really Was EP48 - Giving Both Barrels to the Brand

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Short version blurb: Sometimes a little whataboutery goes a long way: John and Sarah compare the reaction to the “blithering idiocy” on Kildare Street, to the silence over the left-wing extremism on display in Dublin just last Saturday.

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