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Reactions have been mixed.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexJCharlton\/status\/1195245610150039553<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/bethre13\/status\/1195226643389984768<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You need internet to apply for disability\/jobseekers allowance, and applying for jobs in person is almost unheard of now. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeBroadband?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeBroadband<\/a> will open up possibilities for the most vulnerable rural, typically elderly working class people, who these charlatans claim to care about. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kM1khORxx5\">https:\/\/t.co\/kM1khORxx5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ghostface Kafka (36 Chambers) (@thekafkadude) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thekafkadude\/status\/1195267133762134016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Words: Hannah Wilson | Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/10246637@N04\">Foreign and Commonwealth Office<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Labour&#8217;s pledge for free broadband for all &#8220;fantastical&#8221; during his appearance on the special election programme on BBC 5 Live. 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