The TRUTH about Starmer and Macron's 'cocaine party' on the train to Ukraine - and the chilling message it tells us about the future: JANE FRYER
There's a video doing the rounds. It is about 15 seconds long, has caused a hell of a stir and was filmed on Saturday night on the late train from Poland to Ukraine.
In it, three middle-aged men in knitwear are sitting around a highly polished conference table, smiling.
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