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Guess who's back, back again? Eminem's buoyant rap anthem sprung to mind as the Prime Minister returned to duty. This was Beta-version Boris, a wraith of his pre-Covid-19, ebullient self, and likening the physical and mental travails of a serious bout of the virus to a "physical assailant — an unexpected and invisible mugger". But the return of the PM, just days after his chief prophet Dominic Cummings also emerged from the illness, has reignited the clashes of raw politics. We need a little controversy, 'cause it feels so empty without me, as Eminem might add.