Brexit is a war between reason and faith, so we’ll treat it as one | Lucy Mangan
The footbridge between the fact-storing bit of my brain and its anxiety centres has collapsed. King Arthur – save us! As the Brexit, climate crisis, Trump (of the American and British varieties) hits just keep coming, my friends and I find ourselves turning increasingly to an unexpected form of self-medication. Not booze or Valium – we long ago maxed out on those – but to television. By far the most popular audiovisual drug of choice – including my own – is Brooklyn Nine-Nine; seven seasons of

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At each moment of national tragedy, Trump stands on the sidelines smirking – and does little to prevent atrocities from happening in the first place

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The con man with the keys to the kingdom
Boris Johnson’s arrival in Downing Street as prime minister signals the end of the UK as a serious country.

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British rules to blame for kipper ‘plastic ice pillow’ that Boris Johnson blamed on EU in bizarre rant
Boris Johnson’s claim that British kipper producers are being hit by EU food safety rules was branded “fake news” by Brussels, after it emerged the regulations had been imposed by the UK government.

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