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DOVER/PORTSMOUTH

DOVER/PORTSMOUTH

10 September 2026 /Posted byJim Aitken
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By Jim Aitken

Brexit’s broken bones
now has these masked, marching men
in balaclavas.

Tags: blackshirts, fascists, Masked men
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Jim Aitken is a poet and dramatist living and working in Edinburgh. He is a tutor in Scottish Cultural Studies with Adult Education and he organises literary walks around the city.

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