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Copyright Bill Blunt 2007-2009
Extracts from Bill Blunt may be used for the purposes of fair comment and criticism.
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Bill Blunt is one of those rare individuals who, while you may not always agree with him, will fight until his last breath for the right to be able to publish things you don't agree with. I trust you enjoy reading his trenchant ramblings almost as much as Bill himself so obviously does.
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Extracts from Bill Blunt may be used for the purposes of fair comment and criticism.
1 comment:
Staggered that you do not get more readers, there again I do not understand this blogging world.
Is Winsford posh? My daughter and son in law run a business in Lytham and that's 'rait' posh.
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