Giving evidence to the COVID inquiry, Boris Johnson’s former adviser exposed the dysfunction of an administration lacking in the expertise needed to manage a crisis.
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A play-by-play of the prime minister’s chaotic final days.
Russian citizens in the west are being targeted in much the same way Germans, Italians, and Japanese were during the second world war.
The Conservative Party isn’t polling too badly, all things considered, so MPs may think it’s time to boot out the prime minister.
Compliance with COVID rules has been achieved in-spite of, not because of, the example set by some of those in power.
The Electoral Commission says there are “reasonable grounds to suspect an offence or offences may have occurred”.
The government’s decision to televise daily briefings from Downing Street may not be as much of a commitment to transparency as it’s claimed to be.
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Professor of Journalism, University of Sussex
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sussex
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Research Fellow, King's College London
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University of Nottingham
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Lecturer in Psychology, Swansea University
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Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
