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Six Brits who had a bad election night

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So Donald Trump is heading for the White House once again. It’s a result that has stunned much of the British commentariat, many of whom fawned over Kamala Harris when she was unveiled as Joe Biden’s successor. Yet, just like in 2016, Harris could not live up to her cheerleaders’ hype. With both Keir Starmer and David Lammy now forced to issue statements expressing their delight at working with ‘the Donald’, Mr S rounds up the usual suspects who had a particularly bad election night…

Carol Vorderman

Once the nation’s sweetheart as the beloved star of Countdown, poor old Vorders seems to have gone off the deep end in recent years. She has spent the last two years making increasingly outlandish attacks on the Tories – only to, er, be somewhat disappointed that Keir Starmer wasn’t quite the Messiah she thought he would be. No matter, she has decided to turn her attention to matters across the Atlantic.

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