Nonetheless, even before the Conservative national membership cheers him in as our prime minister – denied the option of Nigel Farage, whom some polls suggest they would prefer – Tory MPs have thronged to do just that. A few admirers assert that, in office, Johnson will reveal an accession of wisdom and responsibility that have hitherto eluded him, not least as foreign secretary. Johnson would not recognise truth, whether about his private or political life, if confronted by it in an identity parade. As it is, the Johnson premiership could survive for three or four years, shambling from one embarrassment and debacle to another, of which Brexit may prove the least. It can be claimed that few people realised what a poor prime minister Theresa May would prove until they saw her in Downing Street.

Source: The Guardian June 24, 2019 15:11 UTC