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Flat White

A wonky prime minister and straw man treasurer

26 October 2024

12:03 AM

26 October 2024

12:03 AM

We don’t have a Willy Wonka and a Candy Man. We have a wonky Prime Minister and a straw man Treasurer…

Willy Wonka promised a marvellous experience when visitors came to his chocolate factory. As in the movie and book, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the children learnt important life lessons according to the state of their hearts.

The Candy Man song (the best version of the song has to be Sammy Davis Jnr’s) promised that he could take a sunrise, sprinkle it in dew, cover it in chocolate, and give a miracle or two.

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