Letter to my people: Launchmore learnt nothing and forgot nothing - The Standard

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Letter to my people: Launchmore learnt nothing and forgot nothing - The Standard

Let’s start with Dougie. You see, Dougie, with the help of Launchmore, has come up with a term called “rational disputation”.

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