“We recognise that the state has a role to play in achieving some of our policy priorities and the Chancellor was very open about the fact that this is something that is a philosophical shift…” That claim by Simon Clarke, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, made on BBC Newsnight last Wednesday, testifies to the growing ideological incoherence of Boris Johnson’s government.
Blabbering Boris reveals little about the royals
Johnson is not the first premier to breach the royal omerta, nor is he the most indiscreet.