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UK govt adviser quits amid furor over comments on IQ, race

by Associated Press
| February 18, 2020 12:05 AM

LONDON (AP) — An adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on Monday amid fierce criticism of his past comments linking intelligence to race and suggesting contraception should be made compulsory to avoid “a permanent underclass.”

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