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While there were moments of true Trump fantasy – changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico, taking back the Panama Canal, life on Mars – compare and contrast the enthusiastic boosterism of President Donald Trump’s speech on day one in the new job with that of Sir Keir Starmer back in July and his subsequent utterings.

What’s wrong with Trump’s urging to “build American, hire American, buy American” and proclaiming “America will once again inspire awe and admiration?” I’d take that over endless references to a “£22 billion black hole” and how the country, economy and society is fractured that we hear this side of the Atlantic.

And a quick note to the TV presenters recruited to cover the day. How many times were we told it was “an historic day,” “history in the making” or we were witnessing “historic events.”

We get it!

And next time you cover any event of approaching magnitude, can you find another word?

That would make “history.”

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Leading businessman Lord Rose is right when he says working from home “will be the ruin of a generation” but is dismissed by younger generations as being “out of touch.” And why should they listen to the man who saved Marks and Spencer and delivered profits of £1 billion in the process?