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Weirdos Wanted: Top Adviser to UK's Boris Johnson Seeks Help

   Britain is looking for a few good weirdos.

   That's the word from one of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top
   advisers, who in a lengthy blog post Friday appealed for a wide range
   of applicants for government positions.

   Dominic Cummings said one of his goals is to attract "super-talented
   weirdos" to government posts.

   "We need some true wild cards, artists, people who never went to
   university and fought their way out of an appalling hell hole,
   weirdos," said Cummings, who has been a lightning rod for controversy
   during his tenure at 10 Downing Street.

   He is a former director of the campaign to lead Britain out of the
   European Union who has helped shape many of Johnson's policies.
   Cummings' blog post is something of a screed against Britain's elites,
   even though Johnson was educated at Britain's uppermost educational
   institutions.

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