Boris Johnson’s team have not had a good week
unusual error for a diplomat of Sir Simon McDonald’s experience. On April 21st the foreign-office boss toldscheme to procure ventilators and protective kit. “It was a political decision,” he said. Later, he “clarified” that Britain had in fact missed the invitation thanks to a mix-up. This repeated a claim first made by Downing Street in March, but which is still met with incredulity in Brussels. Britain has now, somewhat belatedly, joined the scheme.
The first stems from the prime minister’s character. The charge that early this year he was preoccupied with country weekends and his private life corresponds, fairly or not, with a view common among critics that he is work-shy and resents the burdens of office. At the election, Mr Johnson’s gameness for a pint and a laugh was an asset after Theresa May’s mirthlessness. It could now become a liability.
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