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Ridiculous recess

Ridiculous recess

An introduction to just one of my unpopular opinions

Aug 24, 2021
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Hello again. Happy Tuesday.

Given the events of the past ten days, I thought I’d dedicate this newsletter to an opinion so unpopular among journalists that if I still worked in Westminster I would soon be banished from SW1.

We should abolish recess. There, I said it.

The fact that the entire government was apparently away while Kabul fell has already been…

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