The Brexit deadline for 31 October may be up in the air, but if you’re finding the UK’s political landscape particularly scary at the moment, why not use it as inspiration for Halloween?
Groupon has released a special pumpkin-carving kit so you can decorate your doorstep with a carving of your favourite – or most loathed – political figure.
Skip the ghosts, witches or generally creepy expressions, and replace them with designs of five famous faces.
There’s something for everyone – choose from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Speaker of The House of Commons, John Bercow, Lib Dems leader Jo Swinson or perhaps you’d prefer Nigel Farage, leader of The Brexit Party, to scare children on their trick-or-treat round.
The ‘Westmonsters’ kits, as they’re called, came about following research by Groupon on the country’s feelings towards Brexit.
According to the study, over half of 2,000 participants are ‘more scared’ of Brexit discussions than of spiders (41%), ghosts (24%) and clowns (19%).
Nearly six in 10 people also said their ‘biggest fear’ is that the Brexit negotations will never end.
Out of the five leaders mentioned, Jeremy Corbyn was considered the ‘scariest’ (25%) but Boris Johnson wasn’t far behind (22%).
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage nabbed the third spot with 16% of the votes, followed by John Bercow (7%) and Jo Swinson (5%).
So, fancy making your pumpkin political this year?
The kits feature downloadable paper stencils in a PDF, created by professional pumpkin carvers, Sand In Your Eye, as well as feature tips and tricks on how to perfect your skills.
As part of the purchase, and in an effort to reduce waste, each customer will also receive two recipes on how to cook with the leftover pumpkin pulp.
No instruments are included but the kits are free to download, so you’re not really losing out either way.
So, which face will it be?
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