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Daily Mirror UK|August 31, 2024
McVey slammed for using poem about Holocaust over smoke ban
SOPHIE HUSKISSON
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TORY MP Esther McVey has come under fire after likening the government's proposed smoking ban to the Holocaust.

The social media post by the ex-Minister for Common Sense was branded "repugnant" by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, while other members of the Jewish community described it as utterly tasteless.

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