blow away the cobwebs

政治家といえば。しばらく前に取り上げようとしたゴシップ。備忘録。

‘Merry’ Michael Gove seen dancing ‘alone’ in Aberdeen nightclub
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/aug/29/merry-michael-gove-seen-dancing-alone-in-aberdeen-nightclub

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she “couldn’t believe what she was seeing” when the “merry” MP “rocked up” just before closing time.
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rock up
PHRASAL VERB
informal British
Arrive; turn up.
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地元なのにGoveを知らないなんて。やはりクラビングをする若者は政治家に関心がなさそうです。
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“I’m almost sure he was by himself. I heard people saying, ‘He’s a Tory MP.’ Others asked ‘Who’s Michael Gove?’ and were Googling him.”
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こちらのゴシップも取り上げようとして読んだだけで終わってしまいました。
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Gove and the journalist Sarah Vine announced their separation two months ago after 20 years of marriage and are in the process of getting divorced.
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A statement from the Pipe club said: “Thanks to all the amazing people, and Michael Gove, who made it out for the first Pipe last night. We had a great time going in for four hours straight. Definitely blew some cobwebs away.”
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blow away the cobwebs
Banish a state of sluggishness; enliven or refresh oneself.
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まさに。

My condolences to him and his family

どうも政治家のゴシップにしか食指が動かなくなってきたみたいです。

Boris Johnson’s mother, Charlotte Johnson Wahl, dies at 79
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/13/boris-johnsons-mother-charlotte-johnson-wahl-dies-at-79

このお母さんは素晴らしいのですが、なんで息子がロクでもないことになったのでしょうか。1979年に離婚していたようなので、ロクでもない父ちゃん側の影響ですね。

おじいさんはEUで人権を守る側だったなんて。
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Born in 1942, she was the daughter of the barrister Sir James Fawcett, who was the president of the European Commission for Human Rights in the 1970s.
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なんと学生結婚だったのですね。
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She later returned to complete her degree, becoming the first married female undergraduate at her college, Lady Margaret Hall, and achieving second-class honours.
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ボリスは貧乏バス旅行で出会った人の名前だったんですね。
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She once recalled how the prime minister got his name – when, after an uncomfortable Greyhound bus journey to Mexico City while three months pregnant, a man named Boris Litwin, whom they were staying with, gave them two first-class plane tickets for the journey back.
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ほんと。ロンドン市長だけだったらよかったのに・・。
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The only time she is known to have asked her son Boris, whom she described as “soft-hearted”, to use his influence was when he was mayor of London
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My condolences to him and his family.