but the piece by the sunday political liquor tim shipman is a very sympathetic piece.he cavalier pm is now a sad, sober round head. and now there is a discernible change in the prime minister‘s demeanour because anybody who watch that press conference this afternoon or salt on the news well have seen a at him look quite downcast invisibly not absent exactly but not his normal and buoyant self. i think part of the problem is one of borisjohnson‘s strengths if you want to look at it. he is always an eternal optimist. so therefore he is always said it will be fine and we can get over this and get through this. but i think there‘s been a gathering storm of information and evidence and pressure from the health service and the medical expert and has on sage advisers that was nothing else he could do. you have to answer the question why on earth did he think the five day relaxations is a good idea in the first place? and that tim shipman piece on the front page, nigel, it also says the greatest leaders of course thrive on crisis and pressure. is that the case for boris? i thi

this is a piece by tim shipman, referring to the fact that borisjohnson shipman, referring to the factd and being prime minister is as close as he can get to that appointment. but who would want to be, who could possibly have imagined a year ago he had this amazing victory and turned the red wool blue, 80 seat majority? he was looking forward to levelling up the country, getting brexit done and here we are, potentially 11 days from crashing out with no deal. this is not getting much coverage, but it is not getting much coverage, but it is not getting much coverage, but it is not going well and we have this virus that has now mutated, as viruses are prone to do and has become up to 70% more transmissible. it is no wonder he is not looking happy, because he really does have the weight of the country on his shoulders and you have to take the action he has done must be awful for him. although, i stillthink, it is a pattern that these things are done too late. he is naturally cheerful, he wants to be optimistic, he wants to believe in the best and be positive. but again and again, that opti