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{
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"ref": "2007 March 21, Andy Beckett, “The Cameroons”, in The Guardian",
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"ref": "2010 September 13, Iain Martin, “Nick Boles: The Coalition’s Cameroon Outrider”, in Wall Street Journal",
"text": "Today, I spy a coalition outrider: Nick Boles, MP for Grantham, founder of Policy Exchange and the archetypal Cameroon ultra-modernizer. I don’t think Boles even owned a tie until he was elected to the House of Commons. That’s how much of a Cameroon the man is.",
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"ref": "2012 March 30, James Chapman, “Gorgeous George and why Ed Miliband must now pray Ken Livingstone wins London”, in Daily Mail",
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"ref": "2023 November 13, Bagehot, “What David Cameron's return says about British politics”, in Economist",
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