Johnson’s success in the Conservative leadership election is based upon undeliverable or potentially disastrous promises, either of which will only increase the Brexit Party surge.
Too many children are losing out at home, at school and in the criminal justice system. Addressing the problems needs to be top of the new Prime Minister’s in-tray.
Both Jo Swinson and Ed Davey have approached the leadership election offering restoration, not transformation. But the need for transformation and social liberalism has never been greater.
