Even at the time she first chose him, Theresa May’s appointment of Boris Johnson as foreign secretary in July seemed a generous reward for bad behaviour. The new prime minister wanted frontline Tory leavers like Mr Johnson anchored inside the government, not roaming free to make trouble from outside. And by giving Mr Johnson such an air-mile-heavy job she gave him plenty of time-consuming activities, all of them well away from Westminster. In other words, Mr Johnson is making a fool of himself and of Britain over issues that will have the deepest national repercussions. Britain’s relations with Europe deserve better than a foreign secretary spreading such needless chaos.

Source: The Guardian November 16, 2016 19:25 UTC