Boris Johnson’s speech to the Conservative party conference was of a piece with his brief and tawdry prime ministership so far. Most prime ministers devote weeks to honing their message to their party conference. There was a weird claim that the Tory party “loves Europe”, which unsurprisingly didn’t go down well in the hall. The clue is in the Tory conference slogan emblazoned on the stage behind every platform speaker this week. And it means deliver it in such a way that Nigel Farage’s Brexit party will wither and die on the electoral vine.

Source: The Guardian October 02, 2019 18:10 UTC