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How Did Boris Johnson Last As Long As He Did?

Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

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The Chaos of the Prime Minister's Response to the Covid

The book chronicles the chaos of Johnson's response to the pandemic. He was a libertarian not wanting to impose rules reluctantly doing so but in a way that was confused, advisors didn't quite know what was going on or what should be going on. The subsequent attempts to get one were as chaotic as the pandemic and as disgraceful because hopes would have been raised callously. There had been no plans for recruitment standards and all the other essences of a plan for social care. And then there was the relationship between Johnson and Sunak Johnson announcing things without working out how they would be paid for. In some ways Johnson is an act of kind of pantomime act he couldn't

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