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‘The Great British Break Off’ - American TV shows mock Brexit
The Great British Break Off - The Daily Show mocks Brexit. Photograph: Comedy Central. - Credit: Archant
American comedians have used late-night television shows to mock the Brexit chaos in the UK.
The Daily Show branded the UK's departure from the EU 'The Great British Break Off' as they tried to fill viewers in on what was happening in British politics.
Host Trevor Noah opened the feature by explaining: 'If you're thinking to yourself, America is in chaos right now, I'm here to tell you it's nothing compared to what's happening in the UK.'
Noah said that Theresa May was 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' with her Brexit position.
'If Britain leaves the European Union without a deal the consequences could be disastrous. The economy could be destroyed, the country could suffer medicine shortages, and supermarkets could run out of food.
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'At this point Britain's only hope is that somehow Theresa May can get two rabidly opposed sides of her country to come together around a coherent Brexit plan. But based upon how British people are disagreeing with each other on the streets, I don't know how that is going to happen.'
The programme then moves on to a clip of two Welshmen disputing the use of figures of speech on BBC News.
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He joked that the threat of no-deal Brexit putting at risk food supplies meant that 'Africa's watching all of this going 'who's laughing now?''
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