Boosterism: the questionable credo now steering Britain

Boris Johnson’s team seem keen to advertise his mantra, but they may not be flattering the PM. It is, Downing Street has been briefing, the new government’s mantra: boosterism. There are, however, three slight issues with this. First, it’s not clear how well the strategy works, second, the word actually means something slightly different, and that definition is not particularly flattering. Let’s start with how Boris Johnson’s team appear to view it: as, essentially,