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Putting democracy on a bonfire – is Donald Trump the new Guy Fawkes?

This Tuesday is the 5th of November, and it promises to be a humdinger of a day. If you're in the UK, you'll obviously know that it is Bonfire Night, where we celebrate the failed attempt to undermine democracy and destroy the House of Parliament by Guido Fawkes and his pals. This is done by eating toffee apples, letting off loads of fireworks that scare the shit out of the local wildlife, along with burning effigies of Guy Fawkes, the Pope, and other in the Gunpowder Plot. Since they represent Catholics, it is OK to burn them at the stake, but if it was was a different religious group or protected minority group, we'd be calling the cops to have some harsh words with the miscreants about how this sort of anti-social behaviour cannot trump ordinary decency.

 

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, our friends in the USA are also celebrating a failed attempt to undermine democracy. Here, they have the option to decide if Donald Trump should be President again, despite what happened when his supporters invaded the Capitol Buildings, the American equivalent of Parliament, in an attempt to keep him in power in early 2021. While his main rival, Kamala Harris, could be expected to be a shoe-in for President in some other country, she hardly showed much skill over the past term as the Vice-President in the USA, so unlike some escorts, we're not going to pontificate with an endorsement of who to vote for.

 

Nonethess, given the choice between Orangeman or a lady who acts like she has a firework up her ass, the only sane thing would be to ask is this - are these politicians truly the best that America has to offer? Usually, elections in other countries are irrelevant, but given that the UK tends to do whatever the USA demand, in the misguided belief that there is some sort of special relationship, then what happens there is of great interest, so maybe we could expect better of them.

 

On a more serious note, Diana has a load of new photos on her profile - we hope you enjoy them (along with the videos, which she will be putting in her Adultwork Private gallery). If you need to vote with your punting pounds, then we suggest you take a punt on her!