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Brexit food price rises and lost jobs are grim dangers that charlatan Boris Johnson conceals behind his Big Ben bong-kers farce.

Dire warnings from British industries after Chancellor Sajid Javid admitted businesses will be hit, exposes why the Prime Minister focuses on the trivial.

Projecting a clock face on Downing Street at 11pm on January 31 after Johnson’s “bung a bob” campaign collapsed neatly illustrates the illusion of Brexit.

There is no £350m NHS pot of gold at the end of the Brexit rainbow but redundancies are feared in cars and pharmaceuticals alongside increased shopping costs.

History is written by victors and 2020 will see political opponents fighting to stop Johnson triumphantly claiming he got Brexit done in 12 days time when treacherous trade talks lie ahead.

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Labour and other parties face an uphill, tricky battle when many Brexit voters won’t want economic and security damage inflicted by quitting Europe pinned on disrupting relations with 27 neighbours.

When trust is a major issue in politics it is breathtaking a cynical liar was given an 80-seat parliamentary majority.

Unpopular Jeremy Corbyn and a confused Labour campaign are partly to blame yet Johnson lives on 20 years of kid-glove treatment as a TV celebrity politician, infantilised as cosy “Boris” to gift him repeated Get Out of Jail Free cards.

This is the year a charlatan PM fears he’ll begin to be held to account, Labour Governments and the David Cameron-Theresa May Tory eras fading in the rear view mirror.

The economy, health, education, crime and Brexit are problems he must be forced to own.

Big majorities in the House of Commons provide no alibis for elected dictators.

Blue bricks inserted into Labour’s red wall will turn to dust the moment Johnson’s new friends in the North realise the Janus-face charmer has smiles away from elections only for his hobnobbing rich elite.

Britain’s Trump mini-me will similarly continue denying uncomfortable truths, fooling enough of the people enough of the time.

But I’ve a feeling this time next year people won’t find the Johnson joke so funny, Big Ben Brexit bong-kers bombing a sign of trouble’s to come.