Johnson telling us that he considers his "mission largely accomplished" made me wonder what he has personally achieved during his tenure and what the Conservatives have actually achieved in the last 12 years.
He seems proud of the vaccine achievement, but other than what's been achieved? I wonder what others consider successes during this time.
As a comparison, here's what Labour achieved in the previous 13 years.
Longest period of low inflation growth since 1960
Reduced NHS waiting times by 82%
85,000 more nurses
Free eye tests and bus travel for over 60s
Heart disease deaths down 150,000
Cancer deaths down 50,000
Free breast screening for 50-70 year-olds
In-patient waiting lists down half a million
Created NHS Direct
600,000 children lifted out of poverty
1 million pensioners lifted out of poverty
26% increase in child benefit
Introduced winter fuel payments
Made improvements to 1 million social homes
Introduced child Tax Credits
Created 3 million child trust funds
Introduced the first minimum wage
Created 1.8 million new jobs
Cut long term unemployment by 75%
Doubled the number of apprenticeships
Introduced the right to 24 days holiday
Introduced 2 weeks paternity leave
Doubled education funding for every pupil
36,000 additional teachers
Added 274,000 teaching assistants
2,200 Sure Start centres
Record literacy
Record numeracy
Free nursery places
Free fruit for 4-6 year-olds
Scrapped Section 28
Introduced Civil Partnerships
Banned fox hunting
Free TV licenses to over 75s
Free entry to museums and art galleries
Smoking ban
Peace in Ireland (building on John Major's work, but still, completed by Labour)
Added 14,000 extra police
Cut crime by 35%
Increased criminal justice (court) spending by 21%
Created an independent Bank of England
Wrote off debt for dozens of poor nations
Doubled overseas aid (a better life at home reduces the incentive to migrate to the UK)
Created GiftAid
Introduced devolution for Scotland and Wales
Banned fur farming
Brought the Human Rights Act into UK law
And created the cleanest rivers, beaches, water and air since the industrial revolution
