The biographer of Margaret Thatcher, Charles Moore, who once employed him as a journalist, sometimes refers to Mr Johnson as “the greased albino piglet”. This is the lens through which to examine the 11th-hour Brexit “plan” unveiled by the Tory leader. But being brought to book by the supreme court for a second time might allow Mr Johnson to once more present himself as “the victim”. The opposition parties have twice prevented one happening before the end of October on the grounds that Mr Johnson would try to “cheat” and crash Britain out of the EU regardless. The Labour party is hopelessly split – not news, this, I know – on election timing.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2019 06:56 UTC