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Tory MP told to ‘get a grip’ over Nazi tweet about possible outdoor smoking ban

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Esther McVey quoted poem about complicity in Holocaust to criticise Labour plan to end smoking in beer gardensThe Conservative MP Esther McVey has been urged to “get a grip” after she posted a poem about the Holocaust to criticise government plans to introduce outdoor smoking bans.McVey, the MP for Tatton and a former cabinet minister, posted on X the words of Martin Niemöller’s 1946 poem First They Came, about inaction from within Germany against the Nazis. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/29/tory-mp-told-to-get-a-grip-over-nazi-tweet-about-possible-outdoor-smoking-ban

Author : Nadeem Badshah

Publish date : 2024-08-29 22:51:00

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