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And he transmits the inanity to his characters, who speak, move and act as if they are all part of a stage play that would get laughed off Broadway before previews have even ended.

The mishap was laughed off by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who revealed that she too had briefly been a member of the chat along with senior journalists, former cabinet members and other Tory MPs.

While no one ever fully laughed off Windey this season, there was a clear sense that she and her fellow Bambis were not taken seriously.

Almost 150 years later, Russian rumblings about wanting Alaska back were laughed off by the Biden administration.

Trump’s bogus claims about his popularity in the Golden State could be laughed off if he hadn’t threatened tying wildfire relief to an overhaul of the state’s election system.