Boris Johnson: “Trump’s statements are not meant to be historically accurate, but …..”. Oh, you mean lying? So if you dress it up in fancy words, it is OK?

Dear President Trump, I just wanted to ask that if Russia took back Alaska (they owned it until 1867 after all), oh and maybe Seattle as well for good measure, and Europe told you that for the sake of peace they should keep it, you would be OK with that?

In other news, Liz Truss buys pram filled with toys and starts limbering up her throwing arm…..

Been a miserable start to the year so we should all probably thank Truss for giving us a much needed laugh

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On farm inheritance, let’s remind those spouting “sky falling” the facts. 73% of farms are unaffected. Ones with large tax bills are small %. I agree tough for some in £1-2m value range. Solution should be to make farming more profitable (stop supermarket fixing), rather than continue tax loopholes.

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