But Britain has suffered more than any other country in Europe, and now the prime minister faces a revolt by Conservative colleagues who accuse him of governing by diktat. "Conservative MPs didn't elect Boris Johnson as their leader because they thought he'd make a great prime minister," Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London, told AFP. But it is in the ranks of his own Conservative party that Johnson faces the biggest test. Sunak lays down gauntletHis finance minister, Rishi Sunak, is winning plaudits for a series of big-spending coronavirus economic packages. For the Spectator, a news magazine that Johnson once edited, the premier is presiding over "disorder, debacle, rebellion, U-turn and confusion".

Source: Standard Digital September 27, 2020 06:45 UTC