Britain is hurtling towards lockdown by stealth – so Rishi Sunak had better act fast | Gaby Hinsliff
With the prime minister again failing to protect businesses, the chancellor needs to prove he can respond to a crisis
It was with regret, Buckingham Palace announced, that the Queen was cancelling her annual pre-Christmas bash at Sandringham.
Apparently she didn’t want to ruin anyone else’s plans for the big day, a sentence so meekly un-regal I had to read it twice to check it was the right way round. But at least someone seemingly remembers how to lead from the front. Her government, meanwhile, appears to have chosen this particular moment to abdicate.
Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist
