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Alex Andreou @sturdyAlex
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On the plane taxiing for take off, from Greece back to the UK, as news reaches me of Theresa May’s “Brexit Festival” announcement.

*tries to open escape door*
*is restrained by EasyJet crew*
*tries to kill self with spork*

*cries*
*drinks*
*cries*

*tries to open escape door*
As if the last three years have not been ONE LONG FUCKING BREXIT FUCKING FESTIVAL
Home sweet home. One of them, anyway.
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Corbyn snatches defeat from the jaws of victory, yet again. What an absolute Christmas gift to a gov’t in complete meltdown, as the House rises for the Holidays.
A PM spending billions to blackmail Parliament, quite literally, into voting for her awful deal, her party in open revolt, a country in meltdown, and the Opposition (unbelievably, 4 points behind in latest polls) somehow end up in a f’kin defensive position. Couldn’t make it up.
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