8/21/2026
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I put myself in the prime minister’s shoes – and learned some uncomfortable lessons | Zoe Williams

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I put myself in the prime minister’s shoes – and learned some uncomfortable lessons | Zoe Williams
On the political survival game everyone in Westminster’s playing, I discovered an unnerving reflection of our country’s atmosphere of mistrustNo 10: Full Confidence is the game all the lobby journalists and backbenchers are playing on their phones. Westminster hasn’t been so united by an app since the early 2010s, when everyone was trying to figure out what David Cameron saw in Angry Birds.The game is quite engrossing: you are the prime minister, taking office, and your name is Yusuf Dunmore. Po
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