Rule of law has been brought into disrepute and dishonest clown of a PM has no-one else to blame

IAM tired of the endless news about parties at Number 10. I think you are too. Some may see this fiasco as an obsession of the opposition and the newspapers.

And there are lots of other important things which need attention and action, from the jump in prices and National Insurance, to the continuing Covid crisis, and to Russia threatening Ukraine.

But I would make two points. Firstly, if the Prime Minister had come clean straight away, this scandal could have been dealt with by now.

But then he would have had to face the music, tell the truth, and perhaps face the sack.

He has never been prepared to face the music.

From his school and college days, when he always wanted to be special, that is, not do his work and get away with it.

On to his time as a reporter when he was sacked for lying.

On again to his time in government, when the then Prime Minister sacked him (lying again).

And on Covid, he broke the rules and possibly the law when everyone else was obeying them, sometimes at great personal distress to themselves or to their vulnerable relatives.

Or they were facing the music, fines of up to £10,000, social humiliation or losing their jobs.

And my second point is simple.

There can never be one rule for us and another for them.

Now the Prime Minister faces possible police action, and his staff may be dragged down with him (or instead of him, if again this time, as usual, he manages to blame others for his personal faults).

His good name (to the extent he has one) is ruined.

All this is a complicated mess – but it is very important.

The rule of law, authority and the democratic process has been brought into severe disrepute.

And Mr Johnson really has no one to blame but himself.

The Conservative party may also be dragged down with him if they do not act, that is, sack him.

But on present form they don’t have the bottle to do this.

Someone sent me a Hungarian saying the other day which sums up Mr Johnson’s time as Prime Minister.

‘When a clown takes the throne, he doesn’t become a king. Rather, he turns the palace into a circus.’