Reds under the downing street beds
Two unorthodox senior advisors to Number 10 deserve attention. The first and most prominent is effectively Boris Johnson’s chief of staff as well as his senior advisor on the environment (and on interior decoration). Otherwise known as the First Girlfriend, Carrie Symonds is also dubbed Carrie Antoinette, in reference to Marie Antoinette’s fondness for extravagant make-overs at Versailles.
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Mark Higgie is The Spectator Australia’s Europe correspondent and is on Twitter at @markhiggie1
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