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Evening Standard
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Rachael Burford

What a week in London Politics: Rishi Sunak 'loses his marbles' and Susan Hall loses her Oyster card

The week began with Rishi Sunak getting into a diplomatic spat with Greece over the Elgin Marbles. The Prime Minister cancelled a meeting with Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the last minute on Monday because the Greek PM had wanted to talk about the return of the ancient sculptures on display in the British Museum.

It prompted Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to accuse Mr Sunak of “losing his marbles” in a joke-filled PMQs speech about his handling of the fallout.

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