Podcast: Boris Johnson and his mob of layabouts barely know what direction to point in, never mind what to do about anything, but they’re kings of the quick media campaign. And now they want all citizens back in harness – it’s a moral obligation. Robin Gibson and Sean Gollogly unpeel the edicts, despite danger of death! Contains arsenic.

Illustration by Rowan Tallant

More 2020 essentials from Modern Media Review …

MMR #47: Check your change, wash and go! Brexit’s back

MMR #46: Enjoy summer safely – where possible

MMR #45: We’re coming out. Of lockdown.

MMR #44: Lockdown style – top hats, slippers and Buckfast BBQ sauce

MMR #43: American Zoombomb

MMR #42: Control the virus – use the remote

MMR #41: The Coronavirus wallpaper

MMR #40: Coronavirus media magic

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