Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
Come on James, you know the correct expression is 'shaking off the fleas'.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...rael-hamas-war

Go with 'fleas' in future, not 'cranks' when you are describing people with convictions and principles.

Newspeak forty years on!
"The Labour leader had won plaudits from the right for his staunch defence of Israel" from that G article.