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Uri Geller's bid to become Boris Johnson's right hand man - BBC Newsnight
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as posted by the channelIllusionist and magician Uri Geller has applied to work for the civil service after Dominic Cummings' posted a job advert calling for "super-talented weirdos".
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Dominic Cummings, one of prime minister’s chief advisors, posted a job advert in the beginning of January calling for “weirdos” to apply to undertake jobs in government. Mr Cummings says he wants to “hire an unusual set of people” and encourage a more diverse workforce inside Number 10 and in the civil service. But was Uri Geller the candidate he was expecting?
Uri Geller joins Katie Razzall down the line from Tel Aviv, while the deputy editor of The Spectator and friend of Mr Cummings, Freddy Gray, joins Katie in the studio.
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BBC NewsnightUri GellerDominic Cummings'Dominic CummingsMr CummingsKatie RazzallTel AvivThe Spectator
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