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Life inside the Downing Street ‘crack den’

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65% Informative

Boris Johnson spent at least 110,000 on gold wallpaper and other lurid refurbishments.

The former PM is far from the first resident to give Westminster ’s most celebrated address a scathing review.

The original street, a cul-de-sac of brick terraced houses, was built in the early 1680s by George Downing , a diplomat and spy.

Even during her imperial pomp, Margaret Thatcher never seemed to mind the faded gentility of life at No 10.

When she first took up residence in 1979 , she went through the proposed refurbishing bill with a fine-toothed comb.

She paid for the redecoration of the flat, bought her own ironing board and even organised and paid for her own cleaner.

VR Score

73

Informative language

77

Neutral language

23

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

46

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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