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Writing a First Draft of History

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If Forest Johnson Were a Black Woman

Some of your commentary on British politics is closer to analysis rather than reportage. And there was a famous March 2018 piece called If Forest Johnson were a black woman. What was the point of that thought experiment? And do you think you could have published it anywhere in the national newspapers anywhere other than the Guardian? I don't. Maybe the independent. Maybe the FT maybe.

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