In John Crace’s crystal ball, Boris Johnson hits the skids as a new Tory leader unites her subjects in derision
Boris Johnson comes out of hiding to announce that the government’s ‘sensible and cautious approach’ of letting people do exactly what they liked over New Year’s Eve has paid off as Covid cases have declined to zero. The newly knighted Sir Chris Whitty later admits this may be due to there being no LFTs or PCR tests available to determine whether people are ill or not. All hospitals are now officially full. Jonathan Van-Tam refuses to take part in any further Downing Street press conferences until he too is also knighted. Prince Andrew takes up residence in the Ecuadorian embassy after the Queen kicks him out of Windsor Castle. Lord Geidt announces that the Downing Street refurb was far too complicated to investigate properly so he is going to exonerate everyone because he doesn’t want to upset anyone. Johnson immediately invites him to take over the investigation into the Downing Street parties.
