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Never underestimate a Tory buffoon
WILL PODMORE applauds a book that lays bare the facts and the ideological contradiction of the Johnson premiership
Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds his first Cabinet meeting following the General Election on Tuesday December 17 2019
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Johnson at 10: The Inside Story
by Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell
Atlantic Books, £25
THIS is a terrific book, a real page-turner, and a fascinating account of an administration that was both very significant and hugely disappointing.
In 2019, the Labour Party played into Johnson’s hands. “It was supreme irony that the pro-EU opposition finally granted Johnson his wish for a general election,” say the authors.
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