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Its amazing how well they took it, laughing and all

Probably because they secretly knew that if word gets out real fast (which it won't because it'll controlled by them), they'll all be booted from office.

Sure word got out, but it need not reach most of the populace.

This is on BBC.com's frontpage.

Yeah, and how many mainlander Europeans read the BBC in English?

Other journalists in mainland Europe.

And then they publish articles in the native language of their country.

In France: https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/un-journaliste-s-introdui... In Belgium: https://www.rtbf.be/info/medias/detail_un-journaliste-neerla...

And so on...

Probably a lot of them and even if they don't journalists do as BBC is the source for many articles that are later being translated and editorialized in local newspapers.

Nobody cares about trivia like this when it comes to elections.

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