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The roller-coaster ride of Johnson's leadership
As govt lurches from crisis to crisis, British PM seems to lack plan for pandemic, Brexit
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the House of Commons on Nov 11. Seldom before has a British leader fallen from grace so quickly and comprehensively, says the writer, but the roller-coaster existence of peaks of fame followed by political disaster and a sudden revival is what the "Boris Johnson Experience" is all about.
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He scored the biggest electoral victory in a generation but as the first anniversary of that seminal achievement is approaching, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government resembles a zombie, stumbling aimlessly from one crisis to another.
Only a month remains before Britain's current free trade status with the European Union expires. Yet no deal to regulate future trade with Europe has been concluded, and Mr Johnson largely ignores the subject, oblivious to the fact that if no arrangements are in place, the impact on Britain's economy will be catastrophic.
