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Digested week: Another PM bites the dust and it’s surprisingly moving | John Crace

The Guardian UK Friday 26 June 2026, 10:40 UTC By John Crace 1 min read
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Plus, World Cup fever, EU referendum 10th anniversary, feeling the heat in Westminster and cancerHard to believe, but in my 12 and a half years as the Guardian’s political sketch writer, I am about to embark on my seventh prime minister. There was a time when we Britons took the piss out of the Italians for their rapid turnover of prime ministers. Now the laugh is on us.

Plus, World Cup fever, EU referendum 10th anniversary, feeling the heat in Westminster and cancer

Hard to believe, but in my 12 and a half years as the Guardian’s political sketch writer, I am about to embark on my seventh prime minister. There was a time when we Britons took the piss out of the Italians for their rapid turnover of prime ministers. Now the laugh is on us.

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