"Social housing is not a right, it's a privilege and if you abuse that privilege you really ought to lose it, particularly when it's in such a cynical and blatant way, " he argues.

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The Labour leader criticised those in the public eye who "abuse the privilege of their celebrity to insult, demean and belittle others".

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Rock band Keane have called the Conservative Party's use of one of their hits during the election campaign an "abuse of privilege".

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It's a no-cut agreement, but don't abuse the privilege.

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The events of 28 September 1769 were a "rising-up of ordinary, working people weary of the abuse of privilege" as people at the time were tired of "the moral bankruptcy of all too many of their 'betters'", he added.

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Once again we read about the disgraceful care of our elderly and frail population and once again I cringe with embarrassment as I read how we abuse the people who we have the privilege to care for.

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To allow the Lago Agrio plaintiffs to waive privilege expansively for favorable documents and information as part of a public relations campaign and then shield related documents behind the screen of privilege would be to allow the use of privilege and the work product doctrine as both sword and shield, an abuse that courts have discouraged.

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