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Boris Johnson's Last Affair?

Given all the UK prime minister’s many other failings, many people may wonder why his attendance at parties at 10 Downing Street during pandemic lockdowns could finally seal his political fate. His cardinal sin is to have forgotten the core tenet of the rule of law: those who make the rules are also bound by them.

CAMBRIDGE – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the enfant terrible of British politics, is currently embroiled in a very British scandal. As in the recent eponymous BBC television miniseries based on the infamous 1963 Argyll v. Argyll case, at stake is a high-profile divorce. But, this time, the potential split is political. And Johnson’s supposed Teflon shield finally shows signs of wearing thin.

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