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Johnny Vegas

I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's ne
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Johnny Vegas realized that despite his university education, he was unaware of his father's deep political involvement and strong moral stance against apartheid in South Africa. This made him understand that his dad had lived the values he was only beginning to learn about.

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