Analysis: Labour leader must act fast to pin Johnson’s legacy and state of economy on entire Tory party
leader’s exoneration came just as Johnson prepares to depart the political stage, leaving behind him a legacy of sleaze and impropriety.
But as Labour belatedly began gathering evidence about events on the night of 30 April 2021, after a day of campaigning for the Hartlepool byelection, they became increasingly confident they could show there was, as Durham police said in their statement on Friday, “no case to answer”. His description of the ministers rallying to Johnson’s side – the charge of the lightweight brigade – was one of his better jibes too.
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