Viner reflects on a turbulent year in politics. 2019 started with
Theresa May as prime minister and is ending with
Boris Johnson, who now has a huge Conservative majority in parliament. And: Miranda Sawyer on interviewing the grime star Stormzy
2019 began with prime minister Theresa May and a
Brexit deadline of March. Brexit was delayed several times, May resigned, Johnson won the Tory leadership contest and then a landslide victory in a general election. And that’s just
British politics. In the US, the president is facing impeachment proceedings while a 16-year-old Swedish girl is leading a climate movement across the world.
The Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katherine Viner, talks to Anushka Asthana about the year and what it means for 2020.