UK prime minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have given their 11 Downing Street flat a makeover, replacing the John Lewis furniture chosen by predecessor Theresa May. Why is everyone so angry about it, asks Michelle Ogundehin"

Why is the world so enraged by the refurbishment of the British prime minister's flat" Is it really the issue of who paid for it" Or rather more about the purported "look", which is something that's variously been called maximalist, exuberant, eco-chic and even "groomed eclectic" in one particularly breathy online article"
We don't even know for sure if the much-cited designer Lulu Lyttle ? whose Soane Britain interiors brand specialises in mix-and-mismatch, old-meets-new plus a dash of rattan ? was even involved. We only know that Carrie Symonds, engaged to be the PM's third wife and mother of Wilfred, his sixth (possibly seventh) child, was "inspired" by her style. Oh, and that it's alleged to be costing "tens and tens of thousands" according to classic Boris hyperbole.
So, what can, or should, be read into the Downing Street cash-for-cushions affair, as it's rapidly being dubbed" One thing is for sure, there's a measure of irreverence to the Lyttle-look. A sense of breaking the rules and throwing caution to the wind, rather than kowtowing to what's deemed contemporary or acceptable.
I think it's a bit unfair to have thrown John Lewis under the bus as the signifier o...