The Times Magazine 4109.07 Models
of leadership
“The England
football team were
making history at
Euro 2020, securing
a place in the final of
a major competition
for the first time
in 55 years. While
their manager,
Gareth Southgate,
was winning the
hearts of the nation,
Johnson was getting
his scissors out and
removing the £20 a
week universal credit
uplift introduced
during the pandemic.”
23.07 Short supply
“It was the start of
the supply chain
crisis and the
‘pingdemic’, with
major supermarkets
apologising for
empty shelves. I put
tags on the shelves
of everything I could
possibly think
Johnson is lacking.
His former adviser,
Dominic Cummings,
described him as a
wayward shopping
trolley, so I thought
the chap struggling
played to that.”