Administration is under fire for its handling of Covid-19, trade talks with the EU and attitude toward anti-racism protesters
Administration is under fire for its handling of Covid-19, trade talks with the EU and attitude towards antiracism protestersBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: WPA POOL/GETTY IMAGES/JACK HILL
Foreign minister Dominic Raab, who deputised for Johnson when his boss was admitted to intensive care with coronavirus in April, was pilloried on Thursday for confusing “taking the knee” as a symbol of subordination taken from television fantasy blockbuster. His apparent ignorance of the Black Lives Matter movement compounded a week of missteps at an uncomfortable time.
The monument, boarded up to protect it from vandalism, was a focal point of far-right groups at the weekend purportedly vowing to protect the country’s national heroes. Conservative parliamentarian Daniel Finkelstein said there was no “serious body of opinion” that wants it removed anyway. The problem was pointed out to Johnson at a meeting with rank-and-file Conservative MPs on Wednesday afternoon. The prime minister faced “probing questions”, according to Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, a member of the executive of the influential 1922 committee of legislators.
Figures show that the “Red Wall” areas of the north that defected from Labour to the Conservatives have been disproportionately affected by coronavirus and stand to lose out the most economically. Ethnic minorities have also been hit harder by the pandemic, according to a government report.
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