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Sorry, but we haven’t heard the last of Michael Bloomberg
Bloomberg raised the prospect of a contest between two billionaires who bought their candidacies. Now he’s failed — but he still has the power to pervert the election, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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WHO is Michael Bloomberg and what did his run for US president mean?

It would have reduced US democracy to a battle between two Batman villains. One a calculating guy with a big organisation, the other a sinister clown.

Thankfully it seems Democrat voters are rejecting a Penguin v the Joker election.

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