For years the British have swallowed everything Conservative politicians threw at them. But now the gag reflex is kicking in
In the great scandal pile-up of the current government, it can be hard to prioritise. What is more important, Jacob Rees-Mogg’s undeclared £6m low-interest loan to himself or Boris Johnson putting himself forward as the footstool, or the throttle – or the toadstool, or whatever the hell his libidinous analogising was trying to get at – to Jennifer Arcuri’s career? Which is more inappropriate – Chris Grayling’s £100k gig with Hutchison Ports or Andrew Mitchell’s six consultancy jobs with investment banks and accountancy firms? In the avalanche of dirt, it can be hard to tell which way is up.
Yet a new reality is beginning to emerge. We have hit the tipping point, where all the things that previously didn’t matter suddenly do: from 2019 until now were the “priced in” years; so Johnson invited Arcuri to his house, left her there to take selfies while he ran out to buy cheese, may or may not have engaged in sexual activities on his family sofa … isn’t that exactly what we expected of this oft-divorced, unknown-number-of-children politician? And doesn’t it naturally follow that standards of probity and transparency will be pretty lax in his party overall, that rich people gonna rich, and Tories gonna crony?
Zoe Williams is a Guardian columnist
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