Canceled Once, Now Boris Johnson’s Cursed Budget Is Hit by Virus

On a lazy Saturday afternoon, British prime minister Boris Johnson went to watch the rugby in the spring sunshine with his fiancee. The couple -- who are expecting their first baby -- beamed at each other and shook hands with the crowd as England beat Wales.

Their public display was intended to show life carrying on as normal -- but there is nothing normal about the task facing Johnson now.

Boris Johnson, left, with Carrie Symonds on March 7.

Photographer: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

With his rookie finance minister Rishi Sunak, the premier is urgently rewriting his government’s first Budget against an unprecedentedly complex backdrop. Coronavirus has killed thousands and rocked markets ...