Something has broken in Boris Johnson’s government

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What matters more to Britain than the prime minister’s broken spell over voters is his government’s capacity for reform. But something has gone very wrong with that, too

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Governments two years into their term often languish. But when Mr Johnson’s supporters fall back on that excuse for his failing grip they are guilty of self-delusion. It is becoming clear that the prime minister is facing a double crisis. One half of this is the growing sense that he is temperamentally unfit to hold the highest office in the land. The other is the fear that his government will be incapable of bringing about the reforms it has promised—some of which Britain badly needs.

What matters more to Britain than the prime minister’s broken spell over voters is his government’s capacity for reform. Here, too, something has gone very wrong. Mr Johnson’s pitch in the general election of 2019 was that post-Brexit Britain would no longer be a divided, unequal country. Power and prosperity would flow from the metropolitan elite to left-behind places that would be “levelled up”. His was a radical new type of Conservatism, popular but not populist.

 

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He can’t even find a good barber - who can trust him to do anything ?

idol 3

I honestly feel he is ill

It’s time to replace him.

'ability'? 🤣

drop the elation - there is no crisis

upadek już się zaczął, nieuchronny lot w dół

Sterling 20₺ in Turkey What kind of crisis do you have?

How would you rank this guy in the list of our all time greatest Prime Ministers?

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