COMMENT

The Prime Minister has brought our democracy into disrepute – it’s time to restore some pride.

— Boris Johnson is the first British Prime Minister to have committed a criminal offence while in office. The country deserves a Prime Minister we can look up to, not look down at.

UK Politics

Partygate: Is Boris Johnson lying?

— The prime minister accepts he broke the law but the question now becomes, did he mislead parliament about it? Either he engaged in immoral behaviour by lying, misrepresented the truth or he didn’t understand his own rules – and must admit to incompetence.

UK Politics

Boris Johnson’s bad behaviour: How declining trust in the prime minister affects trust in British democracy.

— A new survey shows a strong link between trusting the prime minister and trusting the government, Parliament and political parties.

Brexit

Post-Brexit Britain is going rotten.

— The moral rot of Boris Johnson’s conduct is part and parcel of a deeper malaise in which Brexit and ‘Brexit COVID’ have created a country that is literally and metaphorically rotting away.

Analysis

British voters want lying politicians to face consequences.

— Does it matter to people what consequences there should be for politicians who break rules or mislead parliament? Yes, they want ministers to be kept in constant check by parliament, courts and the public at large.

Downing Street Parties

Boris Johnson fined by police over partygate.

— The British prime minister, his wife and the chancellor of the exchequer are all in legal trouble over lockdown gatherings. What happens next?