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Emma Watson declares her solidarity

Emma Watson declares her solidarity

Can there be a greater hypocrite — or idiot?

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Melanie Phillips
Jan 04, 2022
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Fresh from her triumph of decency in turning upon her supreme benefactor JK Rowling, to whom she owes her fame and fortune but whose crime was to say that “people who menstruate” are w***n, the actress and Harry Potter film star Emma Watson has displayed a sense of timing as exquisitely tuned as her moral compass. 

On Saturday, two rockets were fired fro…

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