Boris Johnson is relaxed about poverty because he thinks voters are too | Polly Toynbee

The prime minister’s Bullingdon braggadocio at PMQs yesterday showed his contempt for people in need

One-nation Conservatism, whatever it means, does not describe Boris Johnson’s performance at prime minister’s questions yesterday. He was all Bullingdon yahoo, full of triumphalist thuggery, spouting outrageous untruths with a bravado cheered to the roof by his own side. A broken Labour party could only look on in silence as its defeated leader soldiered on, his valid points vanishing into the bluster and braggadocio.

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