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Trump trying to influence our election? Time to tune out for good

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Except, of course, none of this happened. We failed to leave the EU by October 31 and, the next morning, everyone got up and went about their business as usual. The “riots” promised by hardline Brexiteers failed to materialis­e. In fact, an awful lot of the stuff

Am I the Only One Who Cares About the Rules? Part 215.

I know I keep banging on about how nothing matters any more but, seriously, it’s getting insane. On Thursday, none other than the Orange-Faced-MolesterCr­edibly-Accused-of-Sexual -Assault-by-26-Women,

Donald Trump, called into Nigel Farage’s radio show in London to have a chat.

He fitted right in on Farage’s show, sounding just like any number of the racist maniacs who regularly give old Nigel a call.

Trump rambled on about how great Johnson and these gguys promised didn’t materialis­e… mat

BorisBori Johnson did not die in a ditch. ThisTh had been about the only thithing I’d been looking

Farage were and how no one in Britain should vote for Jeremy Corbyn in our hastily organised General Election.

That night and the next morning, there were lots of headlines like “TRUMP BACKS NIGEL” and “TRUMP SAYS DON’T VOTE FOR CORBYN”. I’d forward to. And yet Thursday came and went and there he was – his baby-faced idiot-coupon grinning and gibbering as he went about his own usual business: failing at have thought headlines like this would be excellent recruiting tools for Labour. If Trump says one thing, doing the opposite is pretty much the way to go.

But I couldn’t think too clearly because a voice in my head was screaming: “DOES NO ONE ELSE CARE THAT THE PRESIDENT

OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY IS OPENLY TRYING TO INFLUENCE OUR ELECTION?’

Does no one remember when this kind of thing was somewhere between frowned upon and downright illegal? Just me? Oh well, carry on. Enjoy your fun new hell-world.

 ??  ?? UP IN FLAMES Brexit riots... or how they may have been if you’d listened to some people. Left, Francois and Monsieur Creosote
UP IN FLAMES Brexit riots... or how they may have been if you’d listened to some people. Left, Francois and Monsieur Creosote

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