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Simon Harris’s aide mocked teachers as work-shy and public as ‘racist’

Constituency chief John Kelly called Donald Trump a ‘moron’ and Prince Harry a ‘snowflake’ in social media posts

By Mark Tighe
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#869
First seen
20 Aug 2026, 05:47 UTC
Last checked
21 Aug 2026, 04:49 UTC
Version history
2 versions
Current fingerprint
1e45ff7ccb42...b3abab
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Publisher layer

Recorded article metadata

Image URL supplied by The Irish Times.
Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
20 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Mark Tighe
Section
Not supplied
Source-supplied excerpt
Constituency chief John Kelly called Donald Trump a ‘moron’ and Prince Harry a ‘snowflake’ in social media posts
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  1. 2
    Revision observed

    Simon Harris’s aide mocked teachers as work-shy and public as ‘racist’

    Constituency chief John Kelly called Donald Trump a ‘moron’ and Prince Harry a ‘snowflake’ in social media posts

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    Initial capture

    Simon Harris’s aide mocked teachers as work-shy and public as ‘racist’

    Constituency chief John Kelly called Donald Trump a ‘moron’ and Prince Harry a ‘snowflake’ in social media posts

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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Capture ID
#707
Observed
21 Aug 2026, 04:04 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
591,050 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt
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