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No sacred cows

The day Boris tried to bribe me

12 February 2022

9:00 AM

12 February 2022

9:00 AM

It’s not every day that a future prime minister offers you a bribe, but that’s what happened to me 38 years ago. I was the editor of Tributary, a satirical magazine at Oxford, and Boris wanted me to pass on the editorship to him. He conveyed through an intermediary that if I did him this favour he would invite me to lots of parties.

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