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Video: Owen Jones on how to tackle scroungers

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fourmanfilms
Date
10 June 2013
Type
Video
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George Osborne takes from those who have least, while the Daily Mail and others cheer his attacks as tackling ‘scroungers’. But Owen Jones thinks that there are some other scroungers in society who might need dealing with


Owen Jones - Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous Times

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