UNDER different circumstances, Theresa May and Brodie Clark might identify with each other’s dry, diligent (and some might say dull) approach to public life.

在各方局势的压力下，特丽莎•梅和罗迪•克拉克的公众生活有些同病相怜。

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The row that led to the inquiry also led, you may recall, to the UK Border Force chief Brodie Clark being suspended and later quitting.

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Brodie Clark, head of the agency's Border Force, said the concealed drugs were all found during searches at ports, airports and postal sorting depots last year.

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The former UK border force chief Brodie Clark resigned earlier this month after being accused of relaxing immigration controls beyond certain limits that Home Secretary Theresa May had authorised.

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