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Priti Patel defends Boris Johnson as Theresa May accuses him of lacking ‘global moral leadership’

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Boris Johnson was defended against a blistering claim from his predecessor that he lacks ‘global moral leadership’ today – just hours before he refused to accuse China of genocide against its Uighur Muslim minority. Home Secretary Priti Patel leapt to the Prime Minister’s defence today after a coruscating broadside from Theresa May. Mrs May accused … Read more

BBC accused of lacking diversity in Archers 70th anniversary celebration

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The BBC’s radio soap The Archers has been accused of ‘lacking racial diversity’ after a photograph of 70 cast members showed just three are from BAME backgrounds. The row erupted after the corporation’s publicity department released the cast picture to celebrate the upcoming 70th anniversary of the programme in January. But social media users took … Read more

This courtroom memoir is so lacking in drama it’s criminal

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From Crime to Crime Richard Henriques Hodder & Stoughton £25 Rating: On the cover, the publishers have given this book a racy subtitle: ‘Harold Shipman To Operation Midland: 17 Cases That Shocked The World.’ This is, as it turns out, only slightly overstated. The trials with which the author has been involved, either as a … Read more