The mother turned a blind eye to her son’s mischief as she expected him not to repeat it.

In this my countrymen, without having produced any really very great work, by the old standards, make a respectable show. […] In saying this, however, we must turn a blind eye to a considerable number of statues of our distinguished citizens which even more lamentably exhibit the defects arising from ignorance of modeling and design.

The party’s top official in Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill, tweeted at the time that the police force was “turning a blind eye” to loyalist paramilitaries[…] “while targeting those laying flowers on the anniversary of loved ones.”

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