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F is for failing democracy

F is for failing democracy

A senior Conservative tells refugees to "f*** off back to France"

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Aug 13, 2023
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GCHQ, Cheltenham

The British equivalent of Langley, Virginia is Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: here, amid the picturesque Cotswold hills and Regency terraces, sits GCHQ, the UK's intelligence and cybersecurity agency. Its workforce includes experts in the language, culture and politics of the world's most dangerous places, who know how democracies fail.

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