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The YHJ Is a Wonderful Place

All politics comes down to the personal. It's like I really don't want Blair being more popular in the US than me. That would be terrible. But I suspect if you're Gordon Brown, it was perfect. It made sense politically, box ticked, it knees Tony Blair. No wonder he and Brown ended up vetoing it if he couldn't stand the thought of the Washington Embassy giving him a few dinners. Those questions were being asked to the Prime Minister spokesman after PMQs today about what the PM thought of Boris Johnson going to see the House Speaker. And you could just see the ry smile and the slight sound of gritted teeth of thePM spokesman saying, we

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