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Ian Dunt
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Almost brought tears to my eyes seeing the kids protest in Parliament Square early. Such an obvious, unalloyed good to have young people invested in politics and demand change.
Therefore completely unsurprising to log onto Twitter and find a bunch of stale middle aged bores slagging them off.
The sight of young people demanding a better world will always cause outrage in adults too unimaginative, foolish and sel-interested to demand it themselves.
So from the bottom of my baldy pretty-much-middle-aged heart, let me just say: Fuck off grandad.
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