"Hug a hoodie."
— David Cameron
January 1, 1970
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Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
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Original Language: English
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A paraphrase deriving from article headlines previewing a speech to be delivered the following day (10 July 2006) which was written by Danny Kruger. It was used by newspapers (such as The Guardian the previous day) and Cameron did not use the phrase in the speech. He did say, in part: "So when you see a child walking down the road, hoodie up, head down, moody, swaggering, dominating the pavement - think what has brought that child to that moment. If the first thing we have to do is understand wh
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A paraphrase deriving from article headlines previewing a speech to be delivered the following day (10 July 2006) which was written by Danny Kruger. It was used by newspapers (such as The Guardian the previous day) and Cameron did not use the phrase in the speech. He did say, in part: "So when you see a child walking down the road, hoodie up, head down, moody, swaggering, dominating the pavement - think what has brought that child to that moment. If the first thing we have to do is understand wh