Boris Johnson’s conversation with Sue Gray in a meeting that never happened
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Boris Johnson: Hello. This is not Boris Johnson. Sue Gray: In which case, I’m not Sue Gray. Johnson: Excellent. I’d like to arrange a meeting with you … Gray: Go right ahead, then. I’ve got my diary open. Johnson: Act...
Red Bull fume over ‘clone’ Aston Martin while Alonso rages at F1 stewards
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Formula One opened the European leg of the season in sweltering temperatures and an appropriately heated and fractious atmosphere in the paddock. Fernando Alonso launched a scathing attack on the FIA, the sport’s gove...
Boris Johnson’s survival superpower can only last so long
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Long before Partygate, Boris Johnson was known among colleagues for the superpower of survival: the extraordinary ability to shrug off setbacks that led his Eton contemporary, David Cameron, to liken him to a greased ...
Martin Rowson on Rishi Sunak’s approach to cost of living crisis — cartoon
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‘She told Martin Luther King: tell ’em about the dream!’ The eternal life of gospel singer Mahalia Jackson
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In 2018, following a bruising divorce, the British singer Sarah Brown was “broke, financially, emotionally and spiritually – I had nothing to live for”. At her lowest ebb, she turned to a voice that had given her cruc...
At ease, Martin Lewis – a queue of Tory MPs is here to solve the cost of living crisis
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Given the employee calibre and attrition rate of this government, it’s always a heart-in-mouth moment when they unleash a previously unheard-of minister on the airwaves. Much like the bit in the Simpsons where Mr Burn...