Boris Johnson was a journalist who wanted to be prime minister. The prime minister asks a lot of the police, while giving little in return. Mr Johnson is also not listening to police chiefs. Mr Johnson thinks that prison works and he says he will spend £4bn to construct new jails. But that would need Mr Johnson to challenge the rightwing press over the folly of draconian criminal justice rather than endlessly seek the next cheap headline.

Source: The Guardian July 27, 2021 18:04 UTC