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Thu 09 Sep 2009Plenty of anxiety evident on lunchtime walkabout
ON THE CANVASS: RESOLUTELY UNMOVED by the sight of the entourage sweeping towards her, the 30-something in a velour tracksuit holds her waxen stare, crosses her arms, and braces herself.
“We’re just doing a bit of canvassing on the Lisbon Treaty,” says Mary Lou McDonald a little uncertainly. There’s no need, it turns out. “Dirty swines, they are,” the woman breaks in. “Think they can make us change our minds.”
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