Revenge of the Roundheads

What went wrong for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson? Less than two years ago, he won the greatest election victory of the 21st century, taking the Conservative Party from 8.8% in the European elections of May 2019 to 42.4% in the general election of December that year. The consensus was that he would be in office for a decade or more.

Today, the prime minister is clinging on by his fingernails, his personal ratings in free fall and his party 10 points behind in the polls.