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Submissive Britain ‘like a franchise of McDonalds’

by Our News Desk

BRITAIN is like a “McDonald’s franchise,” kowtowing to US, Nato and EU foreign and military policies, the Communist Party of Britain (CP) political committee has been told.

“The situation is much like a McDonald’s franchise — overall strategy is in the hands of the US principals, while the operational costs and attendant risks are borne by us, the franchisees,” said CP communications chief Nick Wright on Wednesday night.

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