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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dave Hill

Mornington Crescent: Boris "too busy" to play

The tremendous response to treasured commenter HelenOnTheBus turning a comment thread into an online game of Mornington Crescent - the popular parlour game that I don't understand - inspired me to invite Mayor Johnson to join in. Amazingly, his representative claimed that The Blond had more important things to do. It's a brush-off that could cost him dear. Doesn't he want to get re-elected? Readers with a wiser grasp of priorities are welcome to participate.

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