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Rachael Burford and David Bond

Rishi Sunak weighs in on Roald Dahl censorship row: ‘Don’t gobblefunk around with words’

Downing Street has weighed in on the censorship row over Roald Dahl’s books insisting “you should not Gobblefunk around with words”.

No 10’s intervention on Monday comes after the British publisher of Dahl’s classic children’s books removed colourful language from works such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda to make them more acceptable to modern readers.

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