The Times Magazine 31MAY
19.05 TV reboot
for Starmer?
“It had been
announced that
Friends, the hit US
television series, was
to have a one-off
reunion. Keir
Starmer’s team had
decided that he too
needed somewhat
of a reboot so had
signed him up to
appear on Piers
Morgan’s Life Stories
in a bid to make him
more simpatico with
the electorate. So
here he is with his
‘friends’, who of
course are not: his
deputy, Angela
Rayner, who
famously does
everything to
undermine him,
Diane Abbott and
Andy Burnham.”
07.05 Entente
not so cordiale
“Macron and
Johnson’s post-Brexit
relations had hit a
new low after French
fishing boats had
protested outside the
port on Jersey over
fishing rights. It’s one
of those simple and
straightforward ones
that tell the story.”