The Guardian
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As a Brexit supporter, Boris Johnson might be expected to remember 2016 more fondly. But his opening began: “We come now to the end of 2016, and I know that lots of people will be looking back at some of the gloomy bits about this year.”


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THEGUARDIAN.COM|DE ANDREW SPARROW