It’s just another manic Monday in Whitehall: a tale of unravelling prime ministerial authority, while a Number 10 staff warily assesses which of their masters is likely to be leaving permanently as the reckoning for Partygate draws near.
Add to that the row in the Whips’ office over alleged arm-twisting of critics of the PM, and one charge from a former minister of outright racism over the weekend, and Brand Boris has taken a battering which has brought it to the verge of political bankruptcy. On the account of those who have dealt with him over the last week, the PM’s mood ranges from bullish to “bunker mentality” and “secretive” about his next moves.
