Should we increasingly see Boris Johnson as the Prime Minister of England,

or perhaps more accurately, the Prime Minister of part of England?

Could it turn out to be that the man who made himself minister for the Union

when he moved into Downing Street 15 months ago

might just end up being the very man who presides over the demise of the United Kingdom as we know it. Leslie?

Well, yes, I think he is, the Prime Minister of a bit of England, maybe even just a bit of

the Treasury that applies and comes from a certain bit of England. Every time Boris comes north

of the border, the opinion poll ratings absolutely shut down for him.

So, yeah, the Prime Minister of England, that's about it.

Patrick?

Yeah, I would agree that he lacks the moral and political authority at this point to govern the whole of the United Kingdom.

But whether that inevitably means that this is the moment at which the break-up of the union becomes

a question of when, not if, is far too early to tell, in my view still.

David?

I would say no, mainly because I think he actually cares about the union too much to allow it to happen.

And also because the issues around, you know, the things which make him look as though his prime minister only of England or a bit of England are actually, you know, behind the coronavirus and the realities of devolution.

And we have a devolved country.

Well, one thing we can agree on is that this is very much an issue of the moment.

And it does seem that COVID is having a big bearing on the course of the debate at the moment anyway.

So on this week's red lines, we'll talk about both the perceived strengths of the Union

and the threats to its long-term existence.

In the company of three well-known journalists, from whom we've just heard very briefly,

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