Spate of Tory disclosure scandals reflect elite’s schizophrenic attitude towards transparency

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Throughout the pandemic, Boris Johnson commendably kept us up to speed on infection rates and morbidity, and even the muddled u-turns on travel restrictions were played out quite publicly. Yet the recent ‘Dyson texts’, ‘Greensill lobbying’, ‘lockdown leak’ and ‘Downing St refurbishment’ affairs underline the political class’s acutely inconsistent stance on openness.”