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I just witnessed something I never thought possible - which is @theresa_may playing pool against the Italian premier Giuseppe Conte. The PM has definitely shed inhibitions in pursuit of a backstop change, though I pray to god she didn’t wager our Brexit future on the game...
PS There is film evidence of this astonishing match. The reason I witnessed it is that Conte and his enormous entourage are seated at the table next to mine here in Sharm el Sheik and he was watching it back on his laptop. His security guards kindly didn’t taser me...
when I asked him and his advisers what it was, just to persuade myself it wasn’t a spoof.
And here is the movie of that historic pool game between @theresa_may and the Italian premier. #BreakingforBrexit instagram.com/p/BuR2lasA7VK/…
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