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16th Jun 2019

These pictures of politicians with football managers’ hair are here to ruin your day

James Dawson

The internet is, at times, a loathsome place

Full of hisses and shrieks. People in comment sections telling each other how wrong they are. People with egg profile pics making weird remarks. Vile remarks. Sexual explicit remarks. Remarks you’re quite happy you don’t fully understand. So much of it feeling like it needed to go to bed at least three hours ago.

At times it feels like we’d be better off without it. Without all of the social media noise. Without all the conversations that never needed to be had. Without the 11pm emails and work Whatsapps, too.

As the headline makes clear, nothing good lies here. You’re about to wish you’d logged off and never clicked through.

The anonymous creator behind the Football Manager Hair on Politicians account described the entire thing to me as being “a bad idea. very bad” via DM, having previously promised “let me assure you, no politician is safe while PicsArt is on my phone” – and yet here we are looking at the images. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Donald Trump with Steve McClaren’s hair.

Michael Gove with Sven-Göran Eriksson’s hair.

Barack Obama with Sir Alex Ferguson’s hair.

Dick Cheney with Tony Pulis’ baseball cap on.

John F Kennedy with the hair of Antonio Conte.

Kim Jong-un with Jürgen Klopp’s barnet.

Jacob Rees-Mogg x Rudi Völler.

 Chuka Umunna with the hair and eyebrows of Neil Warnock.

And finally, Angela Merkel with Garry Monk’s hair and forehead.