Does Boris Johnson think he’s a good person?
I broke lockdown rules too – lots of us did – but at least I can acknowledge my selfishness and flaws.
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Marie Le Conte
Marie Le Conte is the author, most recently, of Escape: How a Generation Shaped, Destroyed and Survived the Internet. She was previously the Evening Standard's political diarist, and has written for, among others, the Guardian, Sunday Times, Prospect Magazine and Stylist.
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