British politics feels like a prank gone wrong. Boris Johnson wanted to be like Churchill, but he’s now more like the young attention-seeking tearaway Mizzy — constantly pushing the boundaries to shock, enrage and stay in the limelight.
Many of us are dismayed at the political soap-opera engulfing government once again while the country feels as broken as the lifts at Brixton Tube station. I think it was right for Rishi Sunak to finally push back at Johnson — a bit like Scrappy Doo yapping at Big Dog — but evidence of a backbone.
