Oh dear. Donald Tusk has been causing trouble this morning with his comments about some Brexiteers deserving a special place in hell. But it seems that the Irish Taoiseach is determined to go one better. At the end of a press conference in Brussels, Leo Varadkar was caught out on microphone making a gag with Tusk about the ‘terrible trouble’ he’ll now get from the British press:
It’s safe to say Tusk enjoyed the joke, as the pair were filmed laughing along together. But Mr S isn’t convinced this is the best way of calming Brexit tensions…
On a long flight there’s an instant, and perhaps you’ve noticed it, when a very slight alteration in the pitch of the engine occurs. Some considerable time remains before the ‘prepare for landing’ announcement, but from this point on the plane’s trajectory will be gently back to earth. Within the cabin we sense no sharp
Steerpike
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