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Factchecking bombs under carparks

Blood, mud and aftershave | Sport | The Observer

'A bomb under the West car park at Twickenham on an international day would end fascism in England for a generation,' wrote George Orwell before the war.

10 reasons why football is better than rugby | Football - Times Online
Journalist Polly Toynbee on rugger: “A bomb under the West car park at Twickenham would set back fascism in England for a generation.” There’s only one Polly Toynbee.

Ah hem - I believe both papers to be wrong - it was that nasty piece of work Polly's Dad Theodore Philip Toynbee's only bon mot.

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