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Originally Posted by jfman

I think propaganda could reasonably describe the notion he got these big decisions right. Brexit achieved with little consideration to solving the details, higher Covid deaths per capita than some countries, weaker economic recovery. Ukraine? I’m not sure he’s done anything that couldn’t reasonably be achieved by an average politician desperately seeking a good news story to deflect from domestic problems.

Actually, that’s absolutely right. Provided that any PM would have stretched out to get a vaccine developed on which we could rely for supply, it’s merely a case of Boris getting that one right. Test and Trace was a good idea, but that failed because of its implementation. The PPE saga was not the Guvmin’s finest moment, but Boris only shares blame there prolly due to his lack of attention to detail.

Contracts for their mates was questionable - I think only one came really good (Randox), but I’m not fully up on that. I suspect that the psychology was “who can we trust, that has connections, that can get whatever done quickly”.

Brexit was not adequately thought through and I think we squandered the power we had in terms of the withdrawal cash.

It is important that the next PM has gravitas so that he/she can be taken seriously on the international stage. Incidentally, Jeremy Hunt would be the wrong person to be PM; apart from his leanings, he’s to understated.