COVID’s very real demands taking a toll on purveyors of populist flimflam

There’s no doubt that purveyors of populist fantasy have struggled in the face of COVID, and the unforgiving virus could yet pull the rug from under their political aspirations.

The uproar over ‘partygate’ has reminded Britons of Boris Johnson’s childish, ineffective approach to the enduring economic disruptions of Brexit and led U.K. observers to say that people should have known all along that it would come to this when they put a self-promoting flimflammer in charge of the nation, writes Les Whittington.No. 10 Downing Street photograph by Simon Dawson

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

January 26, 2022

OTTAWA—Boris Johnson’s troubles have ballooned to the point of creating a moment of truth for the British prime minister. By the weekend, his ability to hang onto his job was dangling in the balance, as Johnson tried to fend off attacks on his integrity from across the political spectrum. One ...

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