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Are slug, gammon and melt offensive terms?

After watching a film about online political terms 'slugs', 'gammon' and 'melts', Michael Segalov from Huck Magazine said they were "light-hearted", while UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge called them "silly and childish", but he had heard a lot worse.

Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn also heard from Polly Mackenzie, Director of the centre-left think tank, Demos, who said Britain could not continue "being so angry".

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