Election stakes are high for Boris Johnson after bold NHS gamble

Publicity stunt? Boris Johnson visits Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge. Photograph: Pool/ReutersIt was billed as a single-issue election about Brexit. But less than a week after the 12 December poll was announced, it is the state of the NHS that has so far dominated media coverage of the nascent campaign.Back in September, Boris Johnson got an early taste of the risks that await any prime minister using a hospital visit to burnish their credentials as a staunch supporter of the NHS. Dur