A Scandal Might Finally Stick to Boris Johnson

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside a food and drink market set up in Downing Street in London on Tuesday.

Photographer: Andy Rain/EPA

Is Boris Johnson losing his magical touch?

The U.K. prime minister’s Conservative Party chose him to lead back in 2019 because, to paraphrase a commercial, he engages parts of the British electorate other Tories cannot reach.