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British poet laureate attacks Afghanistan war in Christmas poem

December 07, 2009
Carol Ann Duffy, the British poet laureate, has launched a scathing attack on MPs ‘milking’ expenses, the conflict in Afghanistan and the state of modern Britain in a grim version of the Christmas song, ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’.

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Source: telegraph.co.uk, 6 December 2009
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