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Who is Boris Johnson’s new man at No 10?
SOLOMON HUGHES introduces Andrew Griffith – whose appointment to head the PM’s policy unit is a blunt example of how power works in Britain
Andrew Griffith, who is formerly a Just Eat executive
ROGER McKENZIE explains how Ibrahim Traore has sparked the flames of hope across Africa, while the Western powers seek to extinguish all attempts to build true sovereignty in the long-exploited continent
DANIEL GOVER considers the procedural complexities awaiting a Private Member’s Bill in its passage through Commons and Lords
JAMIE TUCKNUTT reports on an initiative that brings together two epochs of the city’s anti-fascist struggles
Just as German Social Democrats joined the Nazis in singing Deutschland Uber Alles, ANDREW MURRAY observes how Starmer tries to out-Farage Farage with anti-migrant policies — but evidence shows Reform voters come from Tories, not Labour, making this ploy morally bankrupt and politically pointless
KEITH FLETT traces how the ‘world’s most successful political party’ has imploded since Thatcher’s fall, from nine leaders in 30 years to losing all 16 English councils, with Reform UK symbolically capturing Peel’s birthplace, Tamworth — but the beast is not dead yet
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BORIS JOHNSON’S government was destabilised by revelations of No 10 parties during Covid lockdowns.
To try to restabilise it, Johnson made Andrew Griffith the head of his policy unit. The PM has broken some conventions with the appointment, while also putting a man who got rich from Rupert Murdoch’s propaganda business and exploiting low-paid “gig” workers in charge of policy.
Griffith’s appointment is a very direct — almost too-on-the-nose — illustration of how power works in Britain.
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