James Cleverly lines up with post-truth brigade on Rwanda shambles | John Crace

Any uncomfortable facts can simply be airbrushed out of history by an act of parliament, Jimmy Dimly reveals

This wasn't how it was meant to be. This wasn't his best life. It should have been him, not Lord Big Dave, who commandeered the private plane for a surprise visit to Ukraine. It should have been him who got the photo op of a handshake with President Zelenskiy. He was good at all that PR bollocks. Standing around with the great and the good while never really saying anything. The perfect job for a man of little brain.

Instead he had been shifted to the Home Office bunker. Expected to actually do something while working with the batshit and the flatliners. In all probability a career-ending move. The ultimate crash and burn. To cap it all he hadn't even yet managed to locate the first-class compartment in the back of his government limo. Where was the fun in that?

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