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Robert Jenrick: “I don’t like people going around in balaclavas, which is obviously very intimidating.”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2026
I don’t like people going around in balaclavas, which is obviously very intimidating.
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Robert Jenrick
Reform UK

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Commenting on the protest in Dover.

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