Boris Johnson has just given a rather urgent-sounding, fast-paced speech in Downing Street. So fast-paced, in fact, that it almost appeared he was in a hurry to catch a train.
He of course promised to deliver Brexit by 31 October, but the bulk of his statement was in fact focused on what he wanted to do on domestic policy. He did so using typically tangible promises, telling voters that ‘my job is to make your street safer’, that ‘my job is to make sure that you don’t have to wait three weeks to see your GP’ and ‘my job is to make sure your kids get a superb education’. He also promised that his government would ‘fix the crisis in social care one and for all with a clear plan we have prepared’. He was clearly determined to show that he wasn’t just going to make vague promises about what he wanted to achieve (as Theresa May did in Downing Street three years ago), but start right away with this work.
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