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From Boris Johnson’s resignation to partygate and a burgeoning cost of living crisis, UK politics feels at an all-time low, so what’s the answer?
Today (7 July), Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned following more than 50 members of parliament stepping down, including the former health secretary Sajid Javid and former chancellor Rishi Sunak. It comes on the back of one highly publicised scandal after another – we’re talking partygate, the cost of living crisis, 56 MPs currently being investigated for bullying and harassment and, most recently, sexual harassment allegations against the former deputy chief whip, Chris Pincher, who Johnson reportedly referred to as “Pincher by name, pincher by nature”.
Last month, as Sue Gray published her report following partygate, political journalist and commentator Gaby Hinsliff reflected on what there is to do when the system feels broken.
It’s timely reading, now more than ever.
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