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Portrait of the week | 7 December 2017

Also in Portrait of the Week: the deaths of Christine Keeler and Johnny Hallyday, and England lose the second Ashes Test

issue 09 December 2017

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Theresa May, the Prime Minister, was thrown into a political crisis, along with the negotiations for Brexit, during a protracted lunch in Brussels with Jean- Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission. At first, smiles and Mr Juncker’s special cheerful tie had suggested that Britain had paid enough and said enough to be allowed at an EU summit on 14 December to enter into trade talks.

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