As Covid recedes in the UK, Boris Johnson is a prime minister in search of a purpose | Rafael Behr

He will now focus on the transformational legacy he craves. But can Johnson’s chaotic administration really deliver it?

What won’t Boris Johnson do next? A new political season is about to get under way, and the prime minister’s agenda is packed with choices to defer and challenges to duck.

There is always a back-to-school atmosphere at Westminster in the autumn, but it will be intensified this year by the resumption of parliamentary business unmuffled by Covid restrictions. The recall of MPs for a debate on Afghanistan in the middle of August was a reminder that politics has missed the volatile energy generated by a heaving Commons.

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