Inside Politics: Boris Johnson disappears during floods disaster

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Anyone lost a cruise liner? A mysterious ghost ship has washed up on the rocks off Ireland’s south-west coast, blown in from the Atlantic by Storm Dennis. Our prime minister Boris Johnson has not been seen in public since Storm Dennis hit the British Isles, doing one of his mysterious, semi-regular disappearing acts. If he does wash back up on the shores of Westminster today, he faces questions on flooding, the budget, his savaged immigration plan – and whether or not he’s a racist. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s daily Inside Politics briefing.

Inside the bubble

Our political editor Andrew Woodcock on what to look out for at Westminster today: