Lying didn’t work for Boris Johnson, so now he’s turned to bribery | Simon Jenkins

The prime minister’s response to ‘partygate’ is a wild orgy of populist policies to keep up the pretence he’s still in charge

For the past fortnight Sue Gray’s report on “partygate” has been hovering over Downing Street like a huge vulture, seeking only somewhere to land. A redacted version is expected imminently. In the meantime, Boris Johnson is panicking. For partygate he has substituted policygate, a wild orgy of populist pronouncements designed to show he is still in charge. If Johnson canno...