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6 June 2017

No, Theresa May – “running through wheat fields” is not the naughtiest thing you’ve done

How about vans threatening migrants with deportation? The scamp!

By Media Mole

Oh, Prime Minister. Is there not a single interview question you can answer without appearing like a quietly malfunctioning robot?

Seemingly not. For on ITV Tonight’s leader interview, Theresa May was asked to recount the naughtiest thing she ever did, and went into overdrive.

Watch it here:

“Oh goodness me, erm,” was her first response, algorithm failing. “I, well, I suppose the, uh…” Panic setting in, systems overheating. “Gosh, I – do you know, I’m not quite sure.”

When pushed again to adopt human status, May added: “Well, nobody is ever perfectly behaved are they?” before the shocking revelation: “I mean, you know, I have to confess, when me and my friends sort of used to run through the fields of wheat, the farmers weren’t too pleased about that.”

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And there’s the moment the Tories lost the 2017 election. When the nation realised it was being run by a crazed monster who showed a flimsy respect for arable farming during childhood. Disgusting.

And not only that, your mole thinks May has been much naughtier even than that:

What a scamp!

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