is he now leader only in name? henry chu, long—serving foreign correspondent and deputy henry chu is long—serving foreign correspondent and deputy news editor of the la times. polly toynbee is veteran columnist on the left—of—centre guardian newspaper. simonjack, the bbc�*s business editor, is here in the studio. good to see you simon, and good to have you bothjoining us good to see you simon, and good to have you both joining us from have you bothjoining us from parts around the uk. as a result of what's happening at the moment. let's begin in downing street. they have been having a week they'd rather forget. three things may explain why. a newspaper published a photo of a christmas party last year held in the basement of borisjohson�*s party hq, at a time when all such activities were against the law. the uk's leading civil servant, the cabinet secretary, was investigating "gatherings" inside downing street, one of them in the prime minister's own flat — ar least he was. at least he was. it turns out his office organised what it called a christmas party, too. on tuesday, the imposition of covd vaccine certficates,