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The Spectator

From magazine issue: 21 December 2019

‘I don’t want to spoil your Christmas, Pemberton — so I’ll leave what I’ve got to say until the New Year.’

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Downing Street’s Diwali debacle

Twelve months ago, it was Rishi Sunak who was lighting a candle outside No. 10. So with a new regime installed in office, Mr S wondered how Keir Starmer would go about marking the Hindu festival. Sadly it seems that Starmer’s reverse Midas touch has struck again. For Steerpike hears that last week’s big bash