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Times
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
David Lammy aides take a back seat after taxi fare claims
There's an established rule in politics that it isn't the initial incident that matters, so much as how you react to it. David Lammy might have considered this when he convened an emergency meeting after his 'disputed taxi fare' story. Furious about what he saw as inaccurate reporting, Lammy was 'raging' to his team. It reached the point where he said: 'For one thing it's ridiculous to suggest I could lose my temper like that.' Everyone in the room suddenly developed an intense interest in their feet. If you've got them by the stomach, as Theodore Roosevelt nearly said, their hearts and minds will follow. Bruce Anderson writes in The Spectator about the art of the political lunch, noting that in the 1980s it wasn't
LBCI
07-05-2025
- Politics
- LBCI
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif starts emergency security meeting
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif started an emergency meeting of the National Security Committee in the capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday, his office announced. His office added that the meeting was due to be followed by an address to the nation. AFP
