The sisters are horrified. It seems completely clear to them that Valentina is just using their father to stay in the UK, and they are scandalized that all it took to bamboozle their supposedly brilliant father are some satin green underwear and a pretended knowledge of Nietzsche. However, we soon learn that while Valentina is indeed an opportunist, everything she does is for her son Stanislav, whose high IQ wasn’t well served in Ukrainian schools. Mr Sunak replied: "My Downing Street is a place where I think people are not just happy to work, they feel fulfilled. But that's the kind of culture that I want to create in any work environment and I think that probably goes for anybody watching. Regrettably, however, this novel will not leave the reader any the wiser about the Ukrainian community in England. What we are offered is the banal tale of a Ukrainian woman who enters the UK on a tourist visa and who is prepared to go to any lengths to remain in the country. Valentina is by no means lazy. She works very hard every day, illegally of course, in an old people's home, and she spends most of her nights with another Englishman. Thus we have a picture of an assiduous but utterly evil woman. The only people capable of opposing this evil are two other women who have Ukrainian blood in their veins: Nikolai's daughters, who have long since become law-abiding British citizens. Despite the best efforts of the two sisters, their father marries the young blonde. However, the prime minister could choose to go earlier than that, and will likely call one if and when he sees an advantage in doing so.

On her rare appearances at home, the new wife bullies her elderly husband both physically and psychologically. The sisters telephone and write to the immigration authorities, but the bureaucrats are reluctant to get involved. It is only when Valentina promises to speed up her husband's death that the old man agrees to file for divorce. Thus, in the end, all hope rests with the British legal system. The current parliament first met on 17 December 2019 and will automatically dissolve on 17 December 2024, with polling day expected to take place 25 days later (not counting any bank holidays or weekends). As the novel opens, eighty-four-year-old Nikolai tells his daughters that he has fallen in love and is going to get married. The object of his affection is Valentina, an illegal immigrant from Ukraine whose main appeal appears to be her youth (she is thirty-six years old), her dyed-blonde hair, and her enormous, voluptuous breasts. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for 65 € per month.Rishi Sunak said he believes people are happy to work in Downing Street and feel "fulfilled" after claims were made against the culture in Number 10 during Boris Johnson's tenure.

In Ms MacNamara's evidence, we also heard that then-prime minister Boris Johnson was "very confident the UK would sail through" COVID; For cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. But Rishi Sunak, who has spent recent weeks trying to reset his faltering premiership with major announcements on HS2 and net zero, has insisted a general election is "not something the country wants" at this moment.As Labour eyes a return to power 13 years on from when it last held office, speculation is growing about when the next general election could be.

US Vice President Kamala Harris met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Number 10 ahead of attending an artificial intelligence summit at Bletchley Park on Thursday;Separately, Mr Sunak said he believes people are happy to work in Downing Street and feel "fulfilled" after claims were made against the culture in Number 10 during Boris Johnson's tenure. Prime Minister Mr Sunak said he had not seen Ms MacNamara's evidence "so I can't comment on it" before detailing his work as chancellor during the pandemic. Sir Keir Starmer - who has set his sights on two terms in office to "rebuild Britain" - revealed at his party's annual conference in Liverpool that he is preparing for a contest as soon as May. Helen MacNamara, who was one of the country's highest ranking female officials, told the COVID inquiry that sexism in Number 10 damaged the response to the pandemic. The younger sister, Nadezhda, reminisces about Ukraine and ponders the country's history. She dwells on well-known tragic events: the famine, Nazi occupation, Stalin's purges, Babi Yar. The hard realism of these images is in stark contrast with the grotesque main plot. Reading this novel gave me the impression that I had read a school textbook on Ukrainian history with one eye on an episode of Coronation Street.