Keir's kitchen sink drama (that wasn't just a big act after all)
Ryan raced through the running order and list of guests as I hastily dabbed down the inevitable results of one of the hottest days of the year, the 12.58 from Uttoxeter via Derby running more than half an hour late, and a sprint from the Tube by a profoundly unfit 41-year-old.
As Ryan handed me a dry shirt and I inserted my earpiece, we both knew the prime ministerial interview I had chased for four months was recorded, almost ready to go, and this was just a temporary, albeit rather damp, interlude.
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