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13th Jun 2017

This video is the perfect metaphor for the UK right now

You couldn’t plan it better if you tried.

Wil Jones

It’s almost too perfect.

Just five days after the election, Theresa May visited French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. Just if you need a reminder, May just lost her majority in the House of Commons in a snap general election that she didn’t really need to call, and has now left Brexit talk in doubt. Emmanuel Macron however, looks set to win a sweeping majority in France’s parliamentary elections.

Ok, remember that, and watch the video.

You couldn’t plan it better if you tried.