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Dent talks austerity, bedroom tax and other political phrases
Countdown's Dent talks austerity, bedroom tax and other phrases used by politicians and the so-called chattering classes.
She spoke to Andrew Neil, Alan Johnson and Michael Portillo about the potentially-loaded words used by those in power.
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