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8th June 2018
11:13am BST

"That’s when I realised that all the entertainments and events of the 40 years that I’m talking about actually add up to creating that reservoir of hope and solidarity that the people of Manchester drew upon.
"I realised that my experience and the experience of thousands and thousands of other people, not just in Manchester but elsewhere, of being in a club... or being on a dance floor and connecting with someone across the dance floor, a complete stranger, and just feeling that moment of community and communality… some people are threatened by that.
"Why are they threatened by that? Because we are recognising our common characteristics and our similarities and our connectedness. People in our society, the ones who want to destroy it, they don’t get that. They don’t like that. They feel threatened by that."
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