“PMQs brought Boris Johnson down. It finished his prime ministerial career because he didn’t tell the truth.”

Peter Mandelson and Daniel Finkelstein debate whether Boris Johnson could have survived as prime minister had he been upfront about the truth at PMQs. Polly Mackenzie explains why negative campaigning in elections can be so harmful.

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