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From Svenuran Ericson to the counties of

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Wessix, a series of celebrities have

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been duped by a journalist who disguises

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himself in Arab robes. His newspaper,

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The News of the World, also says his

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work has put many criminals behind bars.

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Now, Maza Mammud's identity could itself

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be exposed after a legal victory by

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George Galloway. The News of the World

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has decided not to appeal against the

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ruling, so the respect MP is now free to

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release photographs of the man known as

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the fake shake. Dash Naseli reports.

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A man with no face, but his disguise is

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all too familiar. The fake shake. News

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of the world undercover reporter Mazer

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Mahmud. But could he have met his match

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in gorgeous George Galloway, an MP who

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recently described himself as a bit of a

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catch? I think it was always going to

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happen that one day somebody after all

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these uh other people got dumbed by the

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fake shake that somebody would recognize

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him. And um and it's just rather sweet

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that it is George Galloway because

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George Galloway is the sort of person

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who's who's going to make a lot of hay

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about it and indeed has done. Mazer

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Mahmud is fiercely protective of his

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identity. He works undercover and claims

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to have put over a 100 criminals behind

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bars. His biggest targets are the rich

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and famous. He once lured Fenur and

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Ericson to a bogus business meeting in

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Dubai and filmed him making indiscreet

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comments about his players. But his

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style of journalism courts criticism.

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He's often accused of entrapment. His

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greatest scoop was exposing an alleged

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plot to kidnap Victoria Beckham. Five

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men were arrested, but the case fell

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apart after it was revealed that the

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main witness had been paid by Mammud's

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newspaper. Could the reporter be losing

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his touch? When he invited George

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Galloway to a business meeting at the

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Dorchester Hotel on Park Lane, the MP,

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who once dressed up as a cat on a

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reality TV show, immediately smelt a

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rat. When Mr. Galloway arrived here for

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his dinner date, he was met by a man

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wearing Arab costume who claimed to be

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an Islamist. Yet, he didn't have a beard

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or seemed to know much about Islamic

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practices. The fake shake then started

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to ask Mr. Galloway a number of crude

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questions about how to fund an MP.

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The media savvy Mr. Galloway lodged a

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complaint with the speaker of the House

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of Commons and the Met Police claiming

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Mahmud tried to get him to make

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anti-Semitic remarks. The reporter is

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used to criticism. Perhaps what really

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worried him was the threat to print his

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picture. His newspaper immediately took

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out an injunction trying to stop

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publication. The judge realized that the

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reality is even if Mr. Mahmood's life is

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under is indeed under threat and that

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was the evidence before the court. The

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publication of his photograph wouldn't

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actually add to the danger. The people

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who he has set up in the past, the

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people who might be after him would

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already know what he looks like. The

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fake shake lost his case and his picture

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can now be revealed. But in fact, it's

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already been published on several

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internet sites over the years. His

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newspaper has asked us not to reveal his

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identity because Mahammud has received

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credible death threats. The question now

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that he's been rumbled, what disguise

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will he come up with next? Dari with me

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in the studio, George Galloway, MP and

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Nick Ferrari, radio presenter who's

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worked for several tabloid papers,

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including being former assistant editor

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of the Daily Mirror. And you think that

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this chap's identity should be

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protected? Yes, I do. Um the only people

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who are celebrating tonight are uh

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charlatans, pimps, con artists,

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villains, and wouldbe terrorists. Your

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report talks about maybe more than 100

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people being put behind bars. I'll tell

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you, it's 120 villains have been put

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behind bars, not least people who tried

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to perhaps make some form of terrorist

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bomb. They are the ones who are

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celebrating. I'm afraid it's a terribly

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dark day for journalism. Public servant

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by the side of George. the news of the

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world, that friend of the uh of the weak

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and the downtrodden, the sight of the

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news of the world, huddling behind Mary

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Bell, John Venibals, and Maxine Carr

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when everybody knows that they would be

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leading the vigilante squads against

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such people if they could only unmask

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them. The idea of the news of the world

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sheltering behind the right of privacy,

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the right of pictures taken for one

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purpose not being used in a national

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newspaper for quite another is simply

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preposterous. And the judge threw their

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case out, lock, stock, and barrel. This

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man's not a journalist. He's a

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provocator. He sets people up. Some of

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these criminals that Mr. Ferrari is

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booming about were actually entrapped in

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the crimes that they committed by this

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man in 1999. I spoke about this in

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parliament. Well, I mean there are two

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issues here. One is the idea of a

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newspaper going to law anyway against

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other journalists. Um but the important

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part of that is that they used laws that

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they have themselves try to overturn. In

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other words, for example, they've wanted

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the identity of the

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Bulger murderers known and they've

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wanted Mary Bell to be identified. Now

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they say, "Oh, no, no, because they're

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protected. We should be protected." Um,

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both of those public services, I would

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say, and we have to realize what Maser

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Makmoud has done. He is not a criminal.

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He's, to my knowledge, commit committed

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no criminal acts unless Mr. Galloway can

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tell otherwise. What's happened is

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unfortunately what what what is what is

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in fact what he did which was to try to

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go him into making anti-semitic uh uh

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statements. John, you're right. It was a

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clumsy one. They shouldn't have done it.

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But I don't think it's right. Well, hang

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on. I don't think it's right that Mazim

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Mahmood should be remembered for that.

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It would be the same as say remembering

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somebody who appeared on a television

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program because he dressed in a lurid

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pink uh leotard and tried to drink milk

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out of an actress's hands. I'm sure Mr.

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Galloway wouldn't want to be remembered

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solely for that. you you'd have cut even

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less of a dash in a lurid pink leotard

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than Absolutely. If you want to make it

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personal, we can. If I want to make it

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personal, listen, he will be he will be

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he will be remembered uh for this and

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for other disreputable attempts to

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entrap people into behavior that they

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would not otherwise have. Crimes go

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away. Well, I certainly have committed

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no crimes, but he asked me to. He

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suggested that he could foreign fund the

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respect party covertly through English

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people. When I told them this was

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completely illegal and rightly so, he

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pressed the point and pressed the point

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all the while speaking into a

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microphone. That's why I've demanded

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that they publish the text of the

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conversation. When that failed, he began

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holocaust denying, trying to lead me

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down a road of making anti-semitic

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remarks. When that failed, he must have

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found the bill when it arrived. Quite a

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painful one. The Dorchester is not

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cheap. Now, I think a man who thinks up

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crimes then goes looking for people to

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set them up to commit them so that the

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news of the world can sell more papers

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and Rupert Murdoch can make more money

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on which he pays no tax. That that is

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not a public service. And that's what

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the judge said. Well, now you're now I

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think you're veering into the realms of

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fantasy. Mr. Murdoch does pay tax and

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you know that as well as I do. You want

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to be careful what you say. % and let's

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talk about the people who tried to sell

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nuclear waste in an attempt to make a

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bomb in this country. Are you saying

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that's not a real crime? Well done.

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You've just exposed the person who did

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that. You shouldn't talk about that

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because that's a live issue in front of

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the courts now. And when that No, there

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are previous there are previous

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convictions. I'm going back and What

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about this fake shake? What about this?

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Let's get back to that. I mean uh Well,

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here he is. This is the fake shake. Ah,

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right. That's him in uh in civies and uh

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this is him in his fake shake outfit.

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I've sent it to the queen, to every

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member of parliament, and to everyone I

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can think of who might one day be duped

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by I think it's time it's time for him

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to retire and it's time for us to say

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good night. Our main headline.