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January 13, 2012

Ditch the diet, time for comfort food!

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Jabuary in Yorkshire

This song is a call to action on global warming. The coronavirus is such an emergency that Extinction Rebellion seems to have been silenced or overlooked for the moment, so this is just a reminder to us all that we have to think seriously about what we do in future if we want to avert further pandemics.

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