Of course it's safe to ease lockdown – Matt Hancock is just fixing our alert system

Right now, Britain is about as biosecure as the health secretary is convincing. But some people really want an Ikea side table, says Guardian...

The numbers are in, and Johnson's government really is world-beating

It’s not just Cummings. They’re determined to just style out this whole ‘60,000 dead’ thing, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The truth about why Cummings hasn't gone: Johnson is too terrified to sack him

The prime ministers’ decision is not borne of loyalty to his adviser – he just can’t get rid of his ideas man, says Guardian columnist Marina...

Without his frontbench cheerleaders, Johnson has nowhere to hide

The PM’s struggles to deal with Keir Starmer are making senior Tories desperate to get all MPs back into parliament pronto, says Guardian columnist...

Lessons on civic duty from Boris Johnson? No thank you

The prime minister is handling coronavirus so badly now, he makes even his most unpopular predecessors look public-spirited, says Guardian columnist...

Johnson's back, and this time his message is: all aboard for the sunlit downlands

The UK is on course to have the continent’s worst death toll – but don’t expect this prime minister to be a gloomster, says Guardian columnist...

Boris Johnson is tough on crime. Except when coronavirus wants to mug Britain

The PM is back – but neither he nor his Good News Bears cabinet can explain why they just watched the virus head for us, says Guardian columnist...

Donald Trump's prescription for coronavirus: quite literally toxic

The president’s advice involves ingesting bleach, which for some of us is beginning to seem like the only rational response, says Guardian columnist...

Richard Branson's bailout plea proves there's no one more shameless

Eyeing up the public purse from distant shores, Britain’s Best-Loved Businessman™ is truly one of the global super-elite, says Guardian columnist...

Hancock's channelling James Blunt, Raab looks terrified. But at least we're not the US

He may not be able to deliver enough PPE (or enough ‘care’ badges), but our health secretary sure can deliver a sultry presser, says the Guardian...

Eamonn Holmes under the hammer as daytime TV's fiercest sleuth goes rogue

Viewers who thought they heard the ITV idol link coronavirus to 5G masts can breathe easy: it was they who got it wrong, writes Guardian columnist...

With 1,000 deaths a day, our leaders should be facing far tougher questions

Dominic Raab should be addressing kit shortages for NHS staff, not his ‘letters of last resort’, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The horror of coronavirus is all too real. Don't turn it into an imaginary war

Politicians may turn to platitudes about heroes or battlers or victories, but they can’t disguise Britain’s grim current reality, says Guardian...

It's only a matter of time before Raheem Sterling gets it in the neck for coronavirus

In this week’s shifting blame game, Matt Hancock has kicked Premier League footballers into touch, says Marina Hyde

First the corona prince, now Johnson. Who are their designated survivors?

The trajectory is darkening, with Britain now a significant step nearer to being led by Dominic Raab, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Johnson 'fight them on the beaches' moment: true grit, or more shifting sands?

Let’s put this address into perspective, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

When Johnson says we'll turn the Covid-19 tide in 12 weeks, it's just another line for the side of a bus

It’s somewhat unsettling to see the prime minister repurpose his Brexit media strategy for a deadly contagion

Yes, it’s grim. And the British way with contagion has barely changed since 1665

From ye olde panicke buying to quack cures, conspiracy theories and imbeciles with public platforms, the plague had it all, says Guardian columnist...

Boris Johnson must be hating being PM – and these days that counts as good news

Have you seen his inbox? It’s all pandemic and Brexit blowback. Don’t tell me he doesn’t want his old life back, says Guardian columnist Marina...

Perma-smirking Priti Patel brings the hostile environment in-house

The home secretary has faced her trickiest week since her ‘holiday’ in Israel, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Dominic Cummings has started to believe he’s cool. What can you say but, ‘Ooooh’?

He likes to play badass, but if he’s so ruthless why does the cabinet still contain such mediocrities, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

That was Brexit: the mad energy of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but lasting three and a half years

It unearthed some of the worst people in the country – on both sides. And the worst of all were the politicians, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Bezos learns the harsh lesson of texting a crown prince fond of crucifixions

Perhaps the Amazon boss, who was supposedly hacked by Mohammed bin Salman, will be more careful in future, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Don’t panic, humanity: selfless billionaires will save us all

Back to politics as usual. Or as it’s also known, total farce

As Westminster creaks into life again, we have an absent Johnson and an all-too-present Cummings, and as for Labour ... , says Guardian columnist...

This was a stunning victory for the bullshit-industrial complex

Boris Johnson is world king now. Where there is discord, let him sow his wild oats, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Tories want to keep Johnson – and their scary manifesto – away from scrutiny

The Conservatives would like us to view the prime minister and his policies in a political safari park, says Guardian journalist Marina Hyde

In this climate, how does Boris Johnson not melt with shame?

The prime minister’s reputation sank to new lows this week, despite – or because of – his dad’s attempts to help, says Guardian columnist...

How badly must you do your job for your own mother to fire you? Ask Prince Andrew

The Duke of York has been sacked, but he is unlikely to show up in the UK’s unemployment figures, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The wheels on the Boris bus go round and round ... and then come off?

Nursery-age children come out with the darnedest things - just wait until one asks Johnson about his own ‘five or six’ kids, says Marina Hyde

Lurching and rambling, Boris Johnson is in charge. But he’s lost control

It’s been a taboo-busting start to the Tories’ election campaign. But the spectacle of Boris Johnson is the most grotesque of all, says Guardian...

Johnson, Corbyn and Farage are all for ‘the people’ against ‘the elite’. This could end badly

When three party leaders recite the same populist message, alarm bells should be ringing, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Pity our Conservative MPs, forced to go on strike to protect their way of life

Boris Johnson’s latest threat paints his government as a victim, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

David Cameron’s ‘greased piglet’: the perfect image for the Brexit moment

It’s entirely fitting that the former prime minister went there at a time of maximum national derangement, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Caught out that it was Abiy Ahmed, not Greta? I can help repurpose your rant content

Don’t worry, angry pundits, provocateurs and alt-right conspiracists: you can still use those Nobel-prize attack lines, says Guardian columnist...

Jennifer Arcuri came late. But the Johnson franchise is unthinkable without her now

The prime minister’s technological educator is hilariously good value, even in a supermarket car park, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Tory MPs beware: if you whip up an angry mob, they may end up angry with you

Dominic Cummings wants a ‘people v parliament’ election. But after that you, then, are ‘parliament’, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Even the Tories admit it: only duty free can get us through

The government’s no-deal advertising blitz includes promises of cheap booze and cigarettes, and we might well need them, says Guardian columnist...

Dazed and confused, Johnson stumbles into the twilight zone with a police escort

Was it only five weeks ago that Conservatives believed the prime minister was the only possible answer to their problems, asks Guardian columnist...

Sajid Javid cowers behind net curtains as Cummings ‘gets ready’ for the final act

Prorogation and summarily sacked advisers offer the latest evidence that this is a ruthless, shameless government, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Poor Prince Andrew is ‘appalled’ by Epstein. Let that be an end to it

Perhaps a royal wedding for Princess Beatrice might offer a welcome distraction for a man-of-the-world under unfair scrutiny, says Guardian columnist...

‘National Unity’: the fantasy flick that will never make it out of development

Everyone has a pitch – but whether it’s Caroline Lucas’s all-female reboot or Jo Swinson’s Ken Clarke vehicle, they’re duds, says Guardian...

Cummings the new Rasputin is outshining Johnson as antihero-in-chief

After laying down the law on 7.55am meetings, Cummings is planning a perfect Brexit on 1 November, valid for one day only, says Guardian columnist...

Held captive by his carers for four weeks … let’s look at Boris Johnson’s best bits

Barring applying to join a sex cult, we must conclude there is no process as rigorous as the Tory leadership election, says Guardian columnist Marina...

Ruining a country near you soon: the beta males who think they’re alphas

What could be more insecure than a 55-year-old bragging about Latin, or a literal president tweeting his enemies on the bog, asks Guardian columnist...