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Maybe after his book launch, Boris Johnson will leave us all alone | John Crace

The publicity round for Unleashed – and its author’s need to fend off anything approaching reality – has been exhausting

Crack dens are going up in the world. Time was when you knew where you stood with a crack den. Assorted pipes and other paraphernalia. Blood on the walls. Tatty curtains blocking out the light from the windows.

Now we are asked to believe that while Theresa May was prime minister, the flat at No 10 doubled up as a crack den. An upmarket concern, decorated throughout by John Lewis, for the more discerning drug addict. The sort of den to which Michael Gove could only aspire. You should see the state of his kitchen on a Saturday night.

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