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Mr. Starmer’s administration has shot its credibility with its clumsy handling of the affair.

Obviously, part of that was a wariness of saying something clumsy that might get clipped on social media.

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"Alan often, in a clumsy way, says things that as an audience you agree with," he explains.

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Matt, now 43, is still able to walk, but has become clumsy with his movement and also been affected mentally.

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Like many such reversals, it’s been a bit clumsy at times, complicated by the fact that Albers’ practice borrowed — quite openly — from Indigenous craft, specifically ancient Peruvian weaving traditions.

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