Does Boris Johnson deserve sympathy? Not really, given the risk he’s taking | Simon Jenkins

The prime minister has taken potentially one of the most costly peacetime gambles in history. Judge him on how that goes

Should we sympathise with the prime minister? This week, as he puts an end to Covid restrictions in England, he faces the biggest challenge of his two years in office, with belligerent scientists on one side and belligerent economists on the other. Politics must decide the winner, and Boris Johnson’s style of government is unsuited to decision. His innate indecisiveness was exp...