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Beware the lager lemmings
The pubs may be reopening but chances are they'll be rammed with Covid deniers

SO, SATURDAY is Independence Day, right? The pandemic’s over — let’s all go to the pub!

“Boris” says it’s OK, so it must be! No. His name’s Johnson, American slang for knob and it’s not OK. This government’s record is beyond abysmal and I wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them. Which isn’t far at all right now: they’re greedy bastards and I’ve got a dodgy shoulder.

When I do go to the pub it won’t be indoors and it certainly won’t be today, National Get Paralytic And Throw Up All Over Yourself And The Person Next To You Cos The Tories Say You Can Day.

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