Inside Politics: Boris Johnson has the Queen read yet another speech

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Adam Forrest
Thursday 19 December 2019 09:08 GMT
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The Hollywood actor Adam Driver would never make it at Westminster. The sensitive star has caused a stir by walking out of an interview when the host played a clip of his traumatic movie Marriage Story. Apparently Driver hates looking back at any of his own performances. As the Queen arrives for the state opening of parliament today, will Boris Johnson be haunted by his most traumatic and ridiculous performance – the prorogation debacle? Probably not. The PM is not prone to agonise over mistakes. Our leading man is pressing on with his Brexit plans – despite concern in Brussels we’re walking out of the EU without understanding what comes next. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s daily Inside Politics briefing.

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