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Oborne has brought the book fully up to date, to the end of Johnson's time in No 10.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe scale and shamelessness of the lying of the Johnson administration far exceeded the lying about \u003cstrong\u003eIraqi weapons of mass destruction\u003c\/strong\u003e and other issues under \u003cstrong\u003eTony Blair\u003c\/strong\u003e. This book argues that the ruthless use of political deceit under the Johnson government was part of a wider attack on civilised values and traditional institutions across the Western world, especially by \u003cstrong\u003eDonald Trump\u003c\/strong\u003e in the USA. The Johnson and Trump methodology of deceit is about securing power for its own ends - even when they get exposed for lying, they shrug it off as a matter of no consequence. 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From Australia to the Caribbean to Afghanistan, they explore the way cricket developed across the globe, examining its role in colonialism, education and politics; where it flourished and where it failed to take root.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn its earliest forms in the 18th century, cricket was a commercial entertainment, a vehicle for gambling alongside cock-fighting or wrestling. In the Victorian era, the sport was rejuvenated as a means of keeping order in England’s public schools and increasingly became linked with ideas of virtue and manliness. Exported by empire loyalists abroad, cricket took root across the globe – wildly successfully in some countries, indelibly linked with racism and violence in others, and failing to thrive in certain regions. At all times, the authors argue, cricket either evolves or dies. 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