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January 08, 2021, 22:12
BobHale
Dozens
From ITV News...

quote:
Dozens of arrests were made in London after anti-lockdown protesters congregated near Parliament.

A Metropolitan Police statement confirmed that 21 people were arrested in Parliament Square after the demonstration began at 12pm on Wednesday.


Doesn't seem to me that "21" is "dozens".


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
January 09, 2021, 06:59
Geoff
Maybe the reporter had double vision? Roll Eyes
January 12, 2021, 20:19
Kalleh
Yes, it certainly wasn't "dozens." I wonder what the writer (and editors) thought the word meant.