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Portrait of the week: Boris in Kyiv, Rishi in hot water and crystal meth in a cereal packet

issue 16 April 2022

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Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, travelled to Kyiv in secret and joined President Volodymyr Zelensky for the cameras in his office and in empty streets. He was given a pottery cock by local people. He said: ‘We are stepping up our own military and economic support.’ Mr Zelensky said: ‘It is time to impose a complete embargo on Russian energy resources.’ Britain would send 120 armoured vehicles, Starstreak anti-aircraft missiles, 800 anti-tank missiles and anti-ship missile systems. Supporters of Extinction Rebellion sat down in the road at Oxford Circus in London. The tyres of 100 SUVs were let down in Edinburgh by campaigners who left notes saying ‘Your gas-guzzler kills’.

A vigorous game of hunt-the-issue developed after reports that Akshata Murthy, the wife of Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, held non-domicile status, meaning that she would pay tax in Britain on income enjoyed there, but foreign income would be subject to foreign rules.

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