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So what did Magna Carta do for us? It's 800 years since arguably the world's most important document was signed, but David Starkey says its legacy is being eroded | Daily Mail Online
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Jack Whitehall on Twitter: "How fitting that Backchat follows David Starkey's Magna Carta on BBC2. http://t.co/DJbpm0bcGy" / Twitter
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