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The PM: Why ‘unfitness for office’ doesn't matter
What divides the great Prime Ministers from the mediocre and the just plain bad? And how does Boris Johnson measure up in those stakes? Author of The Impossible Office: The History of the British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Seldon and former Government advisor Salma Shah take us on a deep dive into the harsh realities of the country’s most powerful office. Is Boris Johnson really as bad a PM as Dominic Cummings says he is? And is unfitness for office just a myth?
• “Unfitness for office has never disqualified people as Prime Ministers. The question with Johnson is, was he unfit enough?” –…
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