Thread by @MarkFrancois12

Extracts from the plague diary of Mark ne-Francois-Pepys

July 31st 1665

Up, and after Annunziata’s thrifty breakfast tip of raw potatoes in rainwater, we hear news from the colonies that since he mailed his ballot in 2016, Governor @realDonaldTrump has new found

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apprehensions about postal voting; but unlike when you warn your constituency surgery waiting room you won’t be any use today because you got on one with Des Swayne last night, or top the plague death league due to an aversion to competent ministers and COBRA meetings but

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brief a second spike will be a European fault the same, he definitely isn’t getting his excuses in early; not at all worried that his abject failures in this plague business, catastrophic economic data, vile Epstein revelations, explicit support for racists, use of armed

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secret police or a general inability to govern anything save his drool function may see a failure of re-election; indeed we hear he is probably the least scared Governor ever, a noble man whom the ballad writers could never regard as the most craven, lean-witted maggot

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ever to slither to office. We do oft speak of him as the American Charlie Elphicke, that there is no man known more disinclined to being a malignant mollusc and thus, when this gallant speaks with glee that mailing a vote does encourage fraud, we must believe him, unlike last

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time when ‘twas only the Russian collaboration that did bring legitimacy into question. This day Dr Hancock spoke fiercely with what can be done about the Gameboy he left with me in pawne, so that I do see we shall be brought to great straits for money there. Penguin. Bed.

With thanks to @MrJunkerBarlow for the loan of his Top Patriots cards again. Collect the set!