Covid jabs and spending don ’t make Johnson a good prime minister | William Keegan

This bungling, populist government is basking in the reflected glory of the experts who created the Covid vaccinePhilip Stephens, the chief political commentator of theFinancial Times, tells a wonderful story about how he was playing football in the playground at school – in those days playground football was with tennis balls – and a ball hit the Latin master as he was passing.The Latin master immediately clipped Stephens round the ears – which, these days, would no doubt have led to the master’s dismissal. Stephens protested: “It wasn’t me, sir.” To which the reply was: “Let this be a lesson to you, my boy. There is no justice in this world.”Continue reading...
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