The author of Just Boris says he should have stepped down long ago and may be struggling to confront the unpalatable truth about his lack of competence
Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/APPhotograph: Alberto Pezzali/APmore than 50 resignations
Anyone searching for the R-word – resignation – in his speech came away empty-handed. Those putting the fizz on ice to celebrate the departure of Britain’s worst prime minister soon heard he was planning to spend this weekend around the pool at Chequers and even hold a lavish wedding party there later in July .
But Johnson does not do normal and – judging by his incoherent performance at the liaison committee last week and sightings of his uncontrolled temper – may not be entirely in his right mind.
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