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So sorry, celebrities, but you should take a tip from Emily Blunt before you offer an insincere apology | Rebecca Shaw | The Guardian

So sorry, celebrities, but you should take a tip from Emily Blunt before you offer an insincere apology | Rebecca Shaw | The Guardian : %u201CI%20just%20need%20to%20address%20this%20head%20on%20as%20my%20jaw%20was%20on%20the%20floor%20watching%20this%20clip%20from%2012-years%20ago%2C%u201D%20Blunt%20says%20in%20a%20statement%20to%20People%20magazine.%20%u201CI%u2019m%20appalled%20that%20I%20would%20say%20something%20so%20insensitive%2C%20hurtful%2C%20and%20unrelated%20to%20whatever%20story%20I%20was%20trying%20to%20tell%20on%20a%20talk%20show.%u201D%0A%0AShe%20adds%3A%20%u201CI%u2019ve%20always%20considered%20myself%20someone%20who%20wouldn%u2019t%20dream%20of%20upsetting%20anyone%20so%20whatever%20possessed%20me%20to%20say%20anything%20like%20this%20in%20that%20moment%20is%20unrecognisable%20to%20me%20or%20anything%20I%20stand%20for.%20And%20yet%20it%20happened%2C%20and%20I%20said%20it%20and%20I%u2019m%20so%20sorry%20for%20any%20hurt%20caused.%20I%20was%20absolutely%20old%20enough%20t

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Online vitriol could undo decades of political progress, warns Dutch deputy PM | Netherlands | The Guardian

Online vitriol could undo decades of political progress, warns Dutch deputy PM | Netherlands | The Guardian : %u201CI%20think%20it%u2019s%20quite%20sick%2C%20frankly%2C%u201D%20said%20Kaag%2C%20a%20former%20UN%20diplomat%20who%20until%20recently%20helmed%20Democrats%2066%20%28D66%29%2C%20a%20progressive%2C%20socially%20liberal%20and%20pro-European%20party%20in%20the%20Netherlands.%20%u201CThe%20tone%20and%20the%20intimidation%20and%20the%20easy%20threats%20that%20are%20issued%20via%20social%20media%20against%20a%20broad%20range%20of%20people%20serving%20in%20the%20public%20domain%20%u2026%20it%u2019s%20become%20so%20rampant%20that%20I%20really%20feel%20it%u2019s%20up%20to%20politicians%20to%20draw%20a%20line%20in%20the%20sand.%u201D%0A%0AEarlier%20this%20year%20Kaag%2C%2061%2C%20announced%20she%20had%20decided%20to%20step%20down%20rather%20than%20lead%20her%20party%20in%20the%20Netherlands%u2019%20upcoming%20general%20elections.%20At%20the%20time%20she%20pointed%20to%20the%20toll%20tha

Swiss miss: no goal of the month for Basel after drawing blank in October | Basel | The Guardian

Swiss miss: no goal of the month for Basel after drawing blank in October | Basel | The Guardian : The%20Swiss%20club%20Basel%u2019s%20season%20has%20gone%20from%20bad%20to%20worse%20%u2013%20and%20with%20no%20goals%20scored%20in%20October%2C%20they%20were%20unable%20to%20announce%20a%20goal%20of%20the%20month%20winner%20on%20Tuesday.