Boris Johnson Accused of Taking ‘Casual’ Approach to National Security

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on at a news conference inside the Downing Street Briefing Room in London on July 12, 2021. Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool via Reuters

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of adopting a “more casual” approach to Britain’s national security as lawmakers warned the Whitehall machine was unable to cope with more than one major crisis at a time.

The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy—made up of senior MPs and peers—said the fall of Afghanistan had shown the current system was “inadequate to the task.”