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thank you and goodbye. that s lord agnew, a conservative minister in the house of lords, resigning because of the government s handling of fraudulent covid business loans. the bbc s chris mason reported number ten s response. calls to resign, claims of blackmail. claims of islamophobia. a ministerial resignation. and the parties in number ten. not all connect directly to borisjohnson, but all connect to his government. and sam leith has seen enough. he s the literary editor of the spectator, a magazine mrjohnson once edited. his latest column has the headline: not that the prime minister s supporters see it that way. and on questions about that may 20th party and sue gray s investigation, the government s message is nothing, if not consistent. we all make mistakes and he made a mistake. he came and apologised to parliament.

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