It’s little use railing against Boris, as so many are. He is, I’m afraid, a shoo-in, as the Conservative party is now home to so many ex-U-kippers and harder-line than its ever been. Your best bet is exactly what you’re railing against, his (alleged) untrustworthiness, which means that he may be as unfaithful to the Brexit Brigade as to anyone else in private or public life. Allegedly. And hopefully.
“A ‘no-deal’ Brexit will be devastating”
I quoted Overheard Bloke in the Gym Changing Room not long after the referendum: ‘We should say ‘You’ve had your last cheque, Merkel’, close the borders, job done!’ If we’d followed his sage advice rather than fannying around for four years, we’d have been through the...