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Politicians set about slashing swathes of funding for much-loved services

After the council meeting was re-adjourned politicians set about slashing swathes of funding for much-loved services.

I assume that this sentence from this article in my home-town newspaper, is an indirect quote from one of the protesters rather than a representation of the view of the newspaper. However, an unfortunate preceding paragraph break makes it appear more like the latter.

The fact that this actually made me laugh out loud probably says more about me than the newspaper.

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Weekend read: Great British designs

I really enjoyed this article from The Observer in which six famed British designers were asked to pick their favourite objects. The variety of choices is especially surprising. The article is by Megan Conner, Eva Wiseman, and Shahesta Shaitly.

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