Laughing at Nicki Minaj’s Covid claim missed the point entirely
The rapper’s Twitter spat with Boris Johnson, Chris Whitty and Laura Kuenssberg may have been funny, but it was also a distraction.
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Rachel Cunliffe
Rachel Cunliffe is deputy online editor of the New Statesman.
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