The Times Diary: House makes a mug of Sunak

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ishi Sunak has finally made it as a piece of tat. After 260 days in office, he has been immortalised in china as part of the House of Commons gift shop’s line of prime ministerial Toby jugs. Sunak joins 20 others — every PM since Bonar Law, save Ramsay MacDonald. Leaders aren’t as valued as they were, though. In 2013, a David Cameron jug cost £30.50, which should be about £37 today, but Sunak is selling for £32. Must be the only thing in the country not affected by inflation.

The film critic Mark Kermode has interviewed many big names in his industry but he once had a less perfect knowledge of other cultural spheres.

In the 1980s he went for a drink with the

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