What has Boris Johnson achieved in his first 100 days as prime minister?
His place in the history books will be shaped by his response to the coronavirus outbreak, writes Lizzy Buchan
Swept to power with an overwhelming majority, the man whose boyhood dream was to be “world king” saw before him the chance to reshape post-Brexit Britain.
But 100 days from his decisive election victory, Boris Johnson’s dreams of levelling up the country and presiding over an infrastructure revolution are disintegrating before his eyes.
His place in the history books will instead be shaped by his response to the coronavirus, a public health challenge of such magnitude that it has brought the UK to a standstill.
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