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Inside Politics: Boris Johnson faces mounting anger over Brexit turmoil

Leaders in Northern Ireland are seething at No 10 – with no end to disruption in sight, writes Adam Forrest

Thursday 21 January 2021 08:18 GMT
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We may have to start worrying about the son. Donald Trump Jr has compared Joe Biden to the baddie from Disney’s The Lion King. “Remember in the Lion King when Scar cheated to win the title as king?” he asked Trump supporters. Which means Don Jr sees himself as Simba. Boris Johnson appears to have cartoons on the brain too. The PM conjured up images from The Mysterious Cities of Gold when talking about Brexit – promising British fishing fleets that “El Dorado” lies ahead. He does realise it never existed, doesn’t he?

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