In vino, veritas: Boris Johnson under fire

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While Britons followed covid strictures, the prime minister’s residence hosted boozy gatherings; <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/boris-johnsons-career-of-rule-breaking-runs-into-crisis/21807144?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">widespread fury</a> hints that his prevarications this time may be his last as leader. Religious institutions <a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2022/01/08/the-worlds-religions-face-a-post-pandemic-reckoning?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">struggled</a> during the pandemic, as all businesses did—so they are selling assets and courting new customers in innovative ways. And road rage is common, but in America it is getting <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/12/04/as-americans-get-back-into-their-cars-road-rage-shootings-are-spiking?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">decidedly deadlier</a>. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>