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Cops ban milkshakes but that doesn't help ‘Sargon’

FAST FOOD giants went head to head this weekend as far-right activists’ udder panic over milkshakes continued to deepen.

After McDonalds complied with police advice to stop selling the drinks at a restaurant in Edinburgh ahead of a Brexit Party rally, Burger King tweeted that it would be “selling milkshakes all weekend.”

The popular drink has taken on cult status in the protest movement since one was thrown at former English Defence League leader “Tommy Robinson,” real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, earlier this month.

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