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22 January 2020

Reverend spooner

bent spoon arcs back ceaselessly towards its own handle, Feedback finds itself magnetically drawn to international man of cutlery Uri Geller. He has graced our pages on numerous occasions since he first rose to prominence, most recently (20 April 2019) when he claimed to be able to influence the UK’s Brexit negotiations conducted by Theresa May’s government.

Those particular interventions proved about as useful as a gelatin spork, but that hasn’t stopped him seeking out the limelight once again. After Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings posted a job advert looking for…

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