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  • One private investor, retired BA staff member Sid Thatcher, described the cabin crew strikes as "unforgiveable" in a long address and was slow-handclapped by the crew members.

    BA boss Willie Walsh heckled at AGM over strike claims 2010

  • In 2006 Patricia Hewitt, then health secretary, was jeered and slow-handclapped by nurses as she tried to address their fears about NHS deficits.

    NHS set to lose 27,000 jobs, warns nurses' union Randeep Ramesh 2010

  • Little girls handclapped vigorously, while the boys pounded on the floor with their feet and gave vent to weird whistles of enthusiasm.

    A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Herman Gastrell Seely

  • Some members of the audience booed and slow handclapped the protesters, who left after about 10 minutes.

    The Guardian World News Haroon Siddique 2011

  • In 2000, when he was slow-handclapped by members of the Women's Insitute, the punditocracy called time on it again.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • They slow handclapped and called her "disgusting" and she responded by swearing at them, before entering the courthouse.

    Home 2010

  • Fans, some of whom slow-handclapped and chanted "We're bored", were apparently angry because they wanted to hear more of him singing his old Cat Stevens hits, including Wild World,

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2009

  • Apache from San Francisco crank the kind of trashy, swaggering garage glam that Johnny Thunders invented, adding a bit of psychedelia into the guitar breaks, and a spot of power pop into the handclapped choruses.

    www.philadelphiaweekly.com Philadelphia Weekly 2008

  • Further to this post yesterday about Tory MP David Davies's speech to the National Black Police Association, when he accused the NBPA of being a bunch of racists and was slow handclapped as a result, it turns out they invited the wrong bloke!

    The Daily Pundit 2008

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