What Boris’s right-to-buy gets wrong
Spectator (UK)JUL 2022
The Spin
Left narrative
The policy is an attempt by Johnson to save his dying premiership and is simply rehashed history. No specifics beyond broad pledges of cost-saving policies have been released and the return to Thatcherite ideology is a cheap attempt to survive what has been, for a significant time, a doomed premiership.
Right narrative
Whilst key questions remain as to how such a policy will be practically implemented, this is a step in the right direction and the return to Thatcherite politics will help to appease traditional Tory voters at a time of political vulnerability for Boris Johnson.
Metaculus Prediction
There is a 60% chance that Boris Johnson will still be Prime Minister on January 1st 2023, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
