This is Iain Martin’s weekly newsletter, exclusively for Reaction subscribers. I woke up this morning (this sounds like a blues number) hoping that yesterday had been a bad dream. Boris Johnson, the shambles of a human being who had to announce he was quitting the premiership in disgrace in July, is attempting to return as Prime Minister of this country.
Shaping news: terrorism spreads in the Sahel and China plays peace-broker in the Middle East
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