Restoration of a loser
David Cameron’s appointment is a bafflingly inept move and a symptom of Tory exhaustion.
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John Gray
John Gray is an author and contributing writer to the New Statesman. He has written on various political and cultural subjects, from Boris Johnson's premiership to the life of HG Wells.
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