Leader: Two years of Boris Johnson
The UK needs a prime minister of diligence, strategic vision and moral integrity. We have Boris Johnson.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
The UK needs a prime minister of diligence, strategic vision and moral integrity. We have Boris Johnson.
ByIn England, we’re not so much sleep-walking as screaming-while-fully-awake into Covid disaster.
ByMinisters are caught between their desired unlocking timetable and the constraints of the vaccine programme.
ByRarely has a rich, sophisticated Western country fallen as far and as fast as the United Kingdom has under Johnson.
ByThe rate of daily infections is the highest it has been since mid-January, with 55,000 new cases recorded.
ByAs some sectors embrace the unlocking, others are suffering dramatic staff shortages due to rising cases.
ByThe government’s policy of standing back and letting the virus reproduce freely is an invitation to disaster.
ByThe constant threat of being asked to self-isolate is an inevitable consequence of the government’s approach to Covid-19.
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