James Forsyth James Forsyth

Damming with faith praise

“If you compare him with an average Russian bureaucrat you’re laughing.”

A hilarious–—perhaps unintentionally so—assessment of Gordon Brown from Alexander Lebdev, who is reportedly the new owner of the Evening Standard.

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