If no one listens to Johnson over Omicron, that’s his fault. But listen to him we must | Simon Jenkins

The prime minister is unable to invest his office with any dignity, but this is an emergency and he should have the benefit of the doubt

Just now, Boris Johnson matters. He matters because he is Britain’s prime minister at a critical moment in the pandemic. The authority of his office should be directed at achieving the one reasonably sure defence against it: mass vaccination. Sunday night’s announcement that the vaccination programme is being stepped up to get third doses to all adults by the en...