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By trying so hard to be really, really nice, the prime minister risks making the festive season harder for all of us
A London Evening Standard poster at Victoria station in central London, 16 December 2020. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images
A London Evening Standard poster at Victoria station in central London, 16 December 2020. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images
Fri 18 Dec 2020 04.00 EST
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There’s nothing more worrying than being told not to worry, when there are clearly things to worry about. Such as the super-spreading event formerly known as Christmas. Don’t fret, it’s still on! Or, technically, it’s still on because to cancel Christmas would be “inhuman”, according to the prime minister, Boris Johnson. With the small caveat that, if we can, we really shouldn’t choose to celebrate it in the old-fashioned, in-person way. Not that he wants to spoil our collective enjoyme
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