A 2014 briefing gave the prime minister the facts for everything from the price of milk to who was at No 1. So what might his current cheat sheet seek like?One of the revelations to emerge from the memoir of former Lib Dem minister David Laws is that in June 2014 he spotted the 10-page “economic briefing” informing David Cameron of everything from the price of a pint of beer (then £3.60 in London, £2.70 in Sheffield) to the name of the current No 1 single (Rita Ora’s I Will Never Let You Down) to the classic Q&A gotcha – the price of a pint of milk (49p at Asda). But keeping a politician in touch with the common people requires regular updates. Below are the PM’s most recent cultural notes.
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Source: theguardian.com