Starmer can’t stop insisting he’s a patriot, and that he wants to ‘make Brexit work.’ But these superficial gestures belie the same old policies, now served up in the most cynical and disingenuous ways possible.
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.
This series of resignations is a testament to the climate of tension in the British Prime Minister’s entourage. These scandals take on added significance at a time when British households are facing a serious decline in their purchasing power, caused by rising energy prices and the Bank of England’s interest rate hike.
