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What's it like in the Downing Street bunker?

What's it like in the Downing Street bunker?

Margaret Thatcher's chintz wallpaper and bacon sandwiches with Gordon Brown

Jul 09, 2022
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Boris Johnson finally knows that he doesn’t possess herd immunity. And when the herd moves, Number 10 is an extraordinary place to be holed up.

Downing Street is often under siege, with gangs of photographers at every gate, front and back, and a scrum of journalists and cameras at the door. 

In my days working with Gordon Brown, we didn’t have illegal pa…

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