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April 10, 2008

by Jim Pickard

Sometimes the government tells the truth

A new row last night over whether Gordon Brown has U-turned in his decision not to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics games.

Channel 4 claimed that the prime minister had failed to make his position clear. The story is all over this morning’s papers.  

Um. I was at the lobby briefing on March 19 - along with 20 other journalists - when Number 10 explicitly said that Brown would attend the closing ceremony but not the opening.

Meanwhile for an amusing take on last weekend’s torch pantomime it’s worth reading the FT’s own Robert Shrimsley this morning.  

 

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