We need a Brexit deal – so why is Johnson indulging in cynical electioneering? | Simon Jenkins

The prime minister’s behaviour is shameless: he should be working to avert the catastrophe of no deal, not campaigning

There is only one place the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, should be right now. That is in Dublin, the city that holds the key to somehow resolving the Irish backstop and averting a no-deal Brexit.

Instead, Johnson is blatantly campaigning in marginal seats and promising one-off election bribes to the NHS – in confident expectation of what he pledged to avoid, a no-deal...