He's had a lot of criticism, but I don't think he has done too badly. And that's coming from someone who is normally left-leaning, and not a fan of him. There were definite mistakes at the beginning, and a blase attitude resulted in a bad first wave for the UK. It's still not completely clear why the death rate was so high - may be related to the way the coronavirus ripped through care homes early on, or simply because the UK could have locked down a week or two earlier. Not to mention the mess up with ventilators and PPE.

But since then, the UK has handled the second wave reasonably well. People aren't talking about the crazy high rates in France and Spain which were exceeding the US for much for time, and with a corresponding high death rate too. I don't know what's going on with Germany, but their previously pristine record looks like it's being shattered at the moment...

I think something changed after Boris went to hospital.