BORIS JOHNSON

As long as there are ongoing wars and economic crises, and as long as climate change persists, huge inequalities between developed and developing countries will grow.

Boris Johnson fell victim to his own policy of implementing the theory of herd immunity yet he is by no means the only leader who downplayed the pandemic for the sake of the economy.

One need not have been a soothsayer to predict that Britain would soon be confronted with a number of impasses.

Yet there are times when the judiciary is obliged to swiftly adjudicate cases that have rocked public opinion and concern the public interest.

Five years ago Greece experienced the same anxiety over a prospective exit from the European Union as the UK is today.