Strategic sidelining

With typical tact and diplomacy Boris Johnson stampeded into the election campaign, refering to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as a “mugwump”, a nonsensical term, the origin of which he had no idea.

He also re-stated the discredited claim the UK sends the EU £350 million per week and said parliament could be bypassed if Donald Trump seeks military support in Syria.

It is little wonder the Government’s election strategists have yet to find – or have failed to seek – a role for him.