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A self-confessed political junkie is struggling to find someone interested in the UK General Election this afternoon down the pub, he says.
Max Dollarhyde cornered our reporter just after 3pm at the Gelded Seahorse, where The Advocate is having a modest Christmas Party.
While he lamented on Corbyn losing and how the world could be different had he won, Max said it was refreshing nonetheless to talk to some who actually knew that Britain was going to the polls today.
“Everyone I’ve tried to talk to about the election, I’ve literally seen the skin on their faces grow over their eyes. There’s watching someone’s eyes glaze over and then there’s that!” he said.
Our reporter nodded, smiled and then said he was going to the loo.
Upon returning to the beer garden, Max had moved on to talking to The Advocate’s sales team. They have no interest in the newspaper’s contents, just the bits of blank space between the writing.
Our reporter watched, one by one, the eyes of everyone in the paper’s sales team glaze over as they nodded, smiled and sipped while Max outlined just how close Boris came to losing his seat.
The Advocate’s editor, Dr Clancy Overell OAM, found a security guard to have Max kicked out of our private function area and then all way right in the world.
More to come.
