In fresh months, information reviews within the U.Ok. printed that High Minister Boris Johnson attended events in govt structures whilst Britain was once in strict COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. His approval score has now sunk to 22 p.c, and it’s unclear if he’ll hold directly to his management place. On this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, two hosts of the British “Speaking Politics” podcast, David Runciman and Helen Thompson, talk about why the British public and a few participants of the Conservative Celebration have soured on Johnson in some way that American Republicans by no means soured on President Trump, regardless of Trump’s a large number of scandals. In addition they mirror on how British and American politics modified all the way through the duration when Brexit and Trump ruled the 2 international locations’ information cycles and believe their lasting affect.
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