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Victoria premier Dan Andrews accuses MPs of ‘currying favour’ with ‘ugly extremists’ – video
Victoria’s premier Daniel Andrews has accused some politicians of ‘currying favour’ with ‘ugly extremists’ who have been protesting on the state parliament steps. ‘Politics is often about what you stand for and it’s always about who you stand with’, Andrews said. A small group of protesters made a makeshift gallows outside the state parliament with an effigy of the premier on Monday night. Andrews said in response, ‘I don’t think that ordinary, hard-working, mainstream Victorians … will easily or readily forget who has been out on the front steps currying favour with extremists’
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Read the original article at The Guardian