The Real Question We Should be Asking about Boris Breaking Lockdown Rules
Perhaps no one has been more instrumental in the shift of political culture away from impartiality and fairness and towards arbitrary power than Boris Johnson himself.
Perhaps no one has been more instrumental in the shift of political culture away from impartiality and fairness and towards arbitrary power than Boris Johnson himself.
Although her probe was non-criminal, the one magistrate to which Gray’s findings are subject is the court of public opinion.
While the #Partygate saga is by no means over, Johnson will be breathing a sigh of relief—perhaps even chortling—now that the attention has shifted to a new scandal involving his opposite number.
The prospect of an internal parliamentary probe could be more damaging to the prime minister’s survival than the ongoing police investigation.
History buffs will struggle to recall when the two most senior government ministers were last caught on the wrong side of the law. That is because this is the first time in history that a serving prime minister has been punished for breaking it.
There are likely to be more fines issued against government personnel in the coming weeks, as well as increased public demand to see them imposed on figures higher up on the food-chain rather than on low-level staff.
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