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Other somewhat more didactic or exposition-heavy passages include a professor giving a brief lecture about the persistent and pernicious British class system.

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"These dangerous and historically baseless accusations echo some of the oldest and most pernicious antisemitic tropes," the Anti-Defamation League said in a statement.

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Speaking outside court, Mr Hayes said the decision had been "a long time coming" after his "cruel and pernicious" sentence.

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This kind of pernicious and wide-spread discrimination — packaged as ‘anti-racism’ — was allowed to flourish under the Biden Administration, but it will not be tolerated by this one,” he wrote.

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“The fusion of libel suits and government officials in office is a pernicious development,” said Boutros.

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