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The people who three years ago were the strongest cheerleaders for Theresa May are now collectively insisting they always considered her a Remainer.
They've now transferred exactly the same type of Soviet leader worship to Johnson and their previous view has been airbrushed out of history.
It's quite an odd experience to watch it happen, given that we actually lived through it - and really not so long ago.
But you're not mad. That did actually happen. And it'll happen again when this all goes tits-up.
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