Their actions may damage the Tories’ political prospects, but the real victim is the British people’s trust in those in charge, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Look around, survey the rubble and consider what damage has been done these last seven days. The government, the prime minister and the man who gives both their instructions have all degraded themselves. In the process, they have destroyed something that mattered more than any of them – something unspoken but precious.
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