A guide to ‘gaffes’, and why, in truth, they are always to be found in the eye of the beholder

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From magazine issue: 24 November 2007

issue 24 November 2007

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Matthew Parris

A guide to ‘gaffes’, and why, in truth, they are always to be found in the eye of the beholder
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