'Trump is a cheeky sod': Essex villagers react to US campaign ad

Jaywick dismisses photo of street as old and says community spirit thrives there

Reclining in the front room of her bungalow in Jaywick, there was little doubt in the mind of Jean White as to who was to blame for the starring role which her community had suddenly found itself reluctantly playing on the frontline of the US midterm elections.

“He’s a cheeky sod that Trump, what does he have to go and pick on us for?” asked White, 78, after learning that the Essex village was being used in a campaign advert by Nick Stella, a Republican ally of the US president.

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