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Philip Hammond loses power

Oh dear. After a weekend of on-the-record briefings against him, it’s safe to say that Philip Hammond has found himself on the wrong side of the Brexiteers. The Chancellor’s comments at Davos about close alignment and minimum change have led his colleagues to see red – with Nadine Dorries calling for him to be sacked.

Now it seems her wish has been granted – sort of. Mr S can report that Hammond has lost power – or at least the Treasury has. Liz Truss reports that there has been a power cut at No 11.

A pathetic fallacy or just pathetic?

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