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Why is No 10 hiring ‘weirdos’?

Beyond Today by BBC

Feb 19, 202021:47News & Politics

At the beginning of the year Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s senior adviser, put out an unusual job advertisement. In a blog post he asked for “super-talented weirdos” and “wild-cards”. One of the people he hired...

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Why is No 10 hiring ‘weirdos’? is an episode from Beyond Today by BBC. At the beginning of the year Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s senior adviser, put out an unusual job advertisement. In a blog post he asked for “super-talented wei...

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