If ever there was a moment when the UK needed competent and trustworthy leadership, it is now. Inflation is on course to reach 11 per cent; millions worry about their ability to make ends meet. Labour unrest is spreading. Sterling is sliding. A war is raging in Europe. Yet, mired in scandals around its leader, Boris Johnson’s government has for months been able to deliver only drift and disarray. After his health secretary and chancellor resigned, others followed in droves and several cabinet ministers told him he must go. The Johnson era is ending. It would have been better for the country if it had ended months ago.
如果說有哪一時刻英國需要一位有能力且值得信賴的領導人，那就是現在。通膨率即將升至11%；數百萬人擔心自己維持生計的能力。勞工騷亂正在蔓延。英鎊在下跌。一場戰爭正在歐洲肆虐。然而，深陷圍繞首相的醜聞之中的鮑里斯•強森(Boris Johnson)政府幾個月來只能採取一些隨波逐流和混亂的措施。在衛生大臣和財政大臣辭職後，其他人紛紛效仿，多位內閣大臣告訴他必須下臺。強森時代即將結束。如果他在幾個月前下臺，對這個國家原本會更好。