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Good cop, bad cop

ATELY, I’ve found myself reflecting on the glittering start of Prime Minister Johnson’s time at the top. Back then, like a 1980s maverick Hollywood detective, Johnson was the Nick Nolte to Matt Hancock’s Eddie Murphy, dodging Cobra meetings, boozing and high-fiving Covid victims, while ‘Eddie’

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