‘And just to round off the week,’ said the chirpy Radio 3 announcer, ‘the St Mark Passion on Friday.’ Just to round off the week, eh? Did Jesus say, ‘It is finished’, just to round off the week? His death, alone, did not round off anything. Wait till Sunday to find out why!
With Eddie Mair’s interview and Michael Cockerell’s documentary, we have been invited once again to look at Boris Johnson’s life. We have been reminded — how could we forget? — that it has its rackety aspects. And once again, it is suggested that Boris could not be prime minister because he is not ‘serious’. But who in public life is serious, as opposed to not funny? The only useful way in which a politician can be serious is by analysing deeply what is wrong with the country and working strenuously to put it right. None of our recent leaders has done that.
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