having the goods

That follows years of interactions with Mr. Putin — including some that were one-on-one, where not even his advisers know what was said — that infuriated the left and fueled wild speculation about Russia having the goods on Mr. Trump and the now-discredited claims that Mr. Trump colluded with the Kremlin to win the 2016 election.

If you want to try on £200 of shoes or clothing, it offers you a way of having the goods delivered to you in one go and not having to pay anything upfront.

So it’s a combination of having the goods, and having good luck.

If the last few years have been all about the rise of shopping online and then having the goods delivered, the big growth at the moment is in ordering online, and then collecting.

Now, it is possible that the Times is just being catty, implying something about the marriage – "Declaration of Independence", indeed – without having the goods or the guts to come right out and say it.