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OPPOSITES ATTRACT

here do you stand on Marmite? Whether you love it or hate it, it provokes a reaction. It’s the same with politicians, Brexit and the people we come into contact every day – your boss, your colleagues, your customers. There is someone you will either rub up the wrong way or they you. And that frisson, that lip biting, that antagonism, is the stuff of a good story. Everyone who’s ever wronged you, the queue

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