Opinion: Boris Johnson in hospital is bound to destabilise the government

Long gone are the days when a prime minister’s doctor could expect to conceal any change in their patient’s condition

The prime minister’s spokespeople could not confirm when Johnson would return to work and, when pressed, admitted that he still had a fever. Today’sNo prime minister ever wants to admit physical frailty. Tony Blair went to elaborate lengths to distract attention from his surgery to correct a heart flutter, which was conducted under local anesthetic, and during which,reported, “aides insisted that Mr Blair’s appetite for the job was undiminished”.

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