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    Is this the end?

    Jan 21, 2022 5 minutes
    By Toby Helm

    UNITED KINGDOM

    After another dreadful week for Boris Johnson that was dominated by news of yet more rule-breaking parties at No 10, the comedian Andy Zaltzman opened BBC Radio 4’s News Quiz last Friday by announcing his two teams. One he named “team apologise” and the other “team pack of lies”.

    Zaltzman added: “This show is best listened to when not at work. If you are unsure whether you are at work or not at work, please check whether anyone you normally work with has turned up with a bottle of wine and is getting hammered.”

    What followed was 20 minutes of relentless ridicule of the prime minister for trying to pass offa lockdown-busting bring-your-own-booze gathering for dozens of people in the garden of No 10 in May 2020 (which he attended with his wife), as a work event.

    Half an hour later, over on

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