If Boris stays as PM, where will the country be in a few years?

IS the reign of Mr Johnson sliding ignominiously over the cliff?

Yes, the “reign” because he considered himself more important than the monarch; why else did he lie to her over the proroguing of Parliament at the end of 2019. He didn’t like the idea of MPS fully discussing something as important as Brexit so he attempted to stop that discussion with prorogation.

This total disregard for our democratic and legal systems is, for him, a badge of power. Thank heavens the Tory Party seems likely to have a go now at stripping that badge out of his grasp. At last there might be change.

But you have to give him his due for inventiveness. When asked if the police fine he had to pay proved he had broken the law he said that he had had no intention to break the law.

So if I necked ten pints of lager and crashed the car I could squirm out of punishment with “I had no intention to crash the car”.

Why did we allow this third-rate conjurer to get away with it for so long?

The chairperson of a Tory Party regional group said on BBC Radio that the thing that initially made him stand out as a future leader was his sense of humour. We should have had Ken Dodd as PM.

If Johnson does go, the BBC ( not to some people’s liking but reputed around the world as a reliable provider of facts) might continue to serve us. At present one of the die-hard Johnson supporters, Nadine Dorries, has Aunty BBC in her sights. Why? Because the BBC dares to push Tory Ministers with demanding questions during interview.

Some commentators say he might be gone by mid-summer, others that he could totter on for a year. The Johnson pantomime must end soon before people abroad lose even more respect for us. How can we regain that respect (and a solid basis for trade) when Mr Johnson threatens to unilaterally tear up an international treaty he signed only a year and a half ago?

Has he got all the big decisions right?

A large number of Covid specialists insist that Mr Johnson’s indecision over lockdowns helped to cause more than 20,000 “unnecessary” deaths“.

What about “getting Brexit done”? Economists and business people of all persuasions knew as we did when we stopped being hoodwinked by the Pied Piper of Eton that you couldn’t end a very complex relationship of 47 years in a short time. The Government is at last honest over this, proved by the appointment of Jacob Rees-mogg as Minister for Brexit Opportunities, who must now scratch around to find some new Brexit “advantages” to show that the Brexit earthquake has been “done”.

Mr Johnson must go soon before some of his dangerous new ideas become law: the significant reduction in the number of (mostly non-tory) voters, reduction in our Human Rights, including our right to demonstrate noisily, the shredding of controls to preserve workers’ entitlements, safeguards for the quality of our food and U-turns on environmental fundamentals.

If he stays, where will we be in a few years time?