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In the early 1960s, Ames faced fierce opposition from civic groups, who decried modernism as a threat to Balboa Park’s Spanish heart.

Like some of her real-world counterparts, Madame M. is essentially a chief disinformation officer more interested in supplying untruth than decrying it.

Both ventures were decried as money grabs, though LIV endured sharper criticism because it was underwritten by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

In a statement, the Islamist militant group also decried the establishment of an international force whose "mission includes the disarmament" of Palestinian groups in Gaza.

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions last week, Sir Keir insisted that he "never authorised" attacks on his cabinet ministers, and decried such events as "unacceptable".