Starmer, Obama and the toxic marriage of politics and art
The PM has stoked outrage by moving a portrait of Margaret Thatcher. But Number 10 has a history of getting it wrong when it comes to art
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The PM has stoked outrage by moving a portrait of Margaret Thatcher. But Number 10 has a history of getting it wrong when it comes to art
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