Add a resounding Boris Johnson majority at home, midwifing a Brexit on untrammelled terms – and liberal grumpiness has its reasons. But it feels like the right moment to ask whether the gloom-deploying strategy has been so smart. As one of his cabinet puts it: “Boris is a personal Rorschach test”, in which the inkblot takes on multiple meanings. A Greek chorus telling us how awfully the national drama is going will not sell tickets to the great progressive revival. • Anne McElvoy is senior editor at the Economist and presents Across the Red Lines on Radio 4

Source: The Guardian December 29, 2019 09:00 UTC