Lies fail us all

Stalking the corridors of power

IT becomes ever clearer that Boris Johnson’s ludicrously deceitful optimism is cover for his lies and incompetence.

The Prime Minister and equally falsely upbeat Rishi Sunak were exposed as charlatans by expert forensic deconstruction of the Budget which puts up taxes and conceals woeful economic growth.

The life will be squeezed out of wages and living standards.

And while the economy misfires here, the PM is regarded as a joke on the international stage.

Johnson singularly lacks the diplomatic clout to make a success of the COP26 environmental summit in Glasgow over the next fortnight.

If the world is at one minute to midnight to halt catastrophic meltdown, taking it easy for a week in a Marbella villa wasn’t the behaviour of a man with a plan to rescue talks, especially when the Chinese and Russians aren’t playing ball. Masterminding a critical deal to keep the earth’s temperature rising a maximum 1.5% was always going to be difficult.

Yet Tony Blair, Gordon Brown or even Theresa May would have tried harder. Johnson’s shortcomings are too obvious to ignore for a growing number of voters who fell for the con merchant’s charm or gave him the benefit of the doubt.

From tens of thousands of needless deaths in the badly mishandled Covid crisis, to the chaotic Afghanistan evacuation and dire Brexit deal creating havoc, this amateur PM is always out of his depth.

Labour leader Keir Starmer’s conference speech nailed Johnson as a trivial man.

And Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves compellingly took apart Sunak’s economic mistakes.

There are signs Labour is finally getting the measure of its Conservative opponents.

Tory MPs don’t respect Johnson, and Sunak’s popularity is waning.

The end for the PM will be swift and brutal, whenever it comes.

I initially thought the Budget would unravel next year. In fact, it collapsed in only 24 hours.

Johnson’s hot air at COP26 won’t mask he’s already failed the world too.