‘Unfocused’ Boris Johnson adds to image of a government giving up
by Peter Walker Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#61PF8)
Analysis: concerns of leadership vacuum unaided by senior ministers cancelling parliamentary committee appearances
It is the time of year when younger pupils celebrate the end of the school term by bringing a board game to the classroom, thoughts of any schoolwork abandoned. It would be unfair to say that exactly the same attitude prevails inside Downing Street, but you could be forgiven for seeing a similarity.
Boris Johnson has little more than six weeks left at No 10, and a consensus is building that, as prime minister, he has already checked out - beyond some energetic and last-minute attempts to polish his legacy.
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