In case you haven’t seen the big news – Prime Minister Boris Johnson has coronavirus. He has mild symptoms and is now self-isolating in Downing Street.

All other considerations aside, we wish the PM a speedy, successful recovery.

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One factor however is adding urgency to our collective desire to see Johnson recover.

While the PM has said that he will still lead the UK’s response to the crisis, his condition could soon deteriorate – meaning that he has to offload his duties to a replacement.

Unfortunately, Johnson’s designated second-in-command isn’t someone that any of us want to see at the forefront of a crisis – Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.

To recap, Raab has an extensive history of blunders and generally embarrassing f*ck-ups.

While serving as Brexit Secretary, Raab said he “hadn’t quite understood” how reliant the country is on the Dover-Calais crossing. Seriously.

He’s also branded feminists “obnoxious bigots” and has said that British workers are among “the worst idlers in the world”.

What’s more, in the past he’s described calls to increase health and social care funding as “just a childish wishlist”.

And now he might soon be in charge of the country.

God help us all.

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