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UK urged to drop ex-Australia PM Abbott from trade envoy job

| September 4, 2020 6:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — Prominent equality and environmental activists, including “Lord of the Rings” star Ian McKellen, have urged the British government to drop plans to make former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott a U.K. trade adviser.

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