I am nursing a sore arm and I’m delighted. It is the consequence of just having received my second dose of the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus. It took only half an hour from arriving at the vaccine centre to walking out the door to gain this protection, and that […]
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Fear not, folks! Boris says just another 47 lockdowns to go
The year is 2051. At the age of 86, Boris Johnson is now in his fourth decade as Prime Minister. Unfortunately, however, his premiership continues to be dogged by a familiar problem. On the first Monday evening in January, he instructs a TV camera crew to set up their equipment […]
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Boris Johnson will face ‘Shotgun Uschi’ in tonight’s Brexit talks
She would later earn the nickname Flinten-Uschi – Shotgun Uschi – a derogatory term for assertive, self-confident woman. After Mrs Merkel made her families minister, she pursued policies on child care and paid parental leave that were unpopular with her party. Later, as Germany’s first defence ministry, she was unpopular. She […]