For me, the biggest revelation concerning ‘Gardengate’ - the party in the garden of 10 Downing Street on May 20, 2020 - is not that it happened but that Boris Johnson apparently thinks that boozing in the garden constitutes work.
Government has punished us for driving when intoxicated since 1967 and responsible employers have strict no alcohol policies applying equally to office-based jobs and to operating machinery.
The machinery of government requires decision makers to think clearly and focus sharply on the issues. Are we being governed through an alcoholic haze?
When introduced, Universal Credit was rightly criticised as an unworkable system. Was that because key decisions were taken after a Bring Your Own Bottle session in the Downing Street garden?
Quentin Macdonald
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