Tory time zones, Heathrow’s new VIP lounge and a ‘shadow DOGE’. Catch up on the latest gossip in this week’s edition of The Capitalist

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If Reform do manage to oust the Tories from their HQ on Matthew Parker Street, they may wish to check the clocks. Reportedly, Tory aides have taken to working under “KMT” – that’s 30 minutes later than GMT – due to Kemi Badenoch’s impunctuality. That the Tory leader turned up 20 minutes late to her first Cabinet meeting may not seem to inspire confidence, but she can reassure herself that she is in good company among the famously late. Not least Winston Churchill, who admitted that punctuality was among the qualities with which he was “

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