sham

She had no reason to suspect it was in fact all a sham, but as they returned from their "honeymoon" in March - just four months after McDonald had left prison - the net was closing in.

"Lukashenko is afraid right now to make any big moves and changes before his sham election - his self-reappointment. Just showing Maria doesn't threaten him, but he wants to show it as a big gesture of humanity - which it's not of course," Mr Viacorka believes.

The clip provoked outrage, but it was a sham — Harris never said that.

Vought said that independent agencies and unelected bureaucrats and experts wield far too much power while the traditional legislative process is a sham.

Mohammed Bashir is the manager of Sham Supermarket in Belfast, which was burnt down during the racist violence in August.