The former foreign secretary avoided questions about his burqa comments by making a round of drinks for the press. We have to see past such ploys and hold people accountable
When I was a teenager and went hitchhiking around Europe, my mother would say ominously: “Be careful what you do for a loaf of bread.” She was full of such sayings, which I assumed must be something to do with the war. Did she mean “Don’t be a prostitute”? I don’t know, but it came to mind when I saw Boris Johnson trying to “charm” journalists with cups of tea. They are selling themselves not even for sourdough, but for tea with the bag still in. Who would do that?
Too many hacks, it seems. He didn’t answer a single question, just spouted the “man of the people” waffling that still impresses God knows who.
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