The Baroque Premiership of Boris Johnson
In current British politics, the theatre of simulated government is everything.
In current British politics, the theatre of simulated government is everything.
Amid fresh partygate allegations, the Prime Minister's political position has never been weaker. But what will the morning after a Tory-coup look like and will Johnsons's successors be able to replicate his landslide-victory of 2019?
At no other point in his unlikely premiership has Boris Johnson been closer to a career-ending loss of public trust than now. But who is behind the stream of damaging material feeding the public outrage? A theory.