Boris Johnson, public services and rightwing extremism

Boris Johnson. How long has he had his ‘prime minister’ jacket, one reader asks. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglewsorth/PATwo articles in Wednesday’s Guardian cast useful light on the causes of current discontents. Dominic Cummings’ opinion that Tory MPs don’t care about poorer people (Cummings: Tory MPs don’t care about NHS) goes perfectly with Jon Boutcher’s that the police are distracted by having to deal with the effects of social disadvantage (Police left