Dominic Cummings, inset, and his parents' farm near Durham. Picture: GAVIN HAVERY
AS Jane Austen did not say, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of £100,000 per year should be able to pay his council tax.
No names, no pack drill, but I think we all know who I mean.
Alexandra Bailey, Darlington.
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