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We hate bunting. Really, we do. Can’t stand it. It reminds us of a version of Britain we don’t feel part of. One of cream teas, damp church halls, patriotic street parties and that rich old lady who wears a weird crown thing on her head. It makes us think of Jeremy Clarkson getting a bunk on Piers Morgan’s bicycle on their way to share a pint at a quaint ye-oldeworlde village pub with Higel Farage, Boris Johnson and Mike Ashley. We imagine the five of them sitting around setting the world to rights; bemoaning the fact that refugees escaping famine and persecution are

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