Selfish from first to last, that’s Boris

So Boris Johnson will mark the end of his time as Prime Minister by partying while the nation is in crisis –hardly surprising. People are accusing him of having “mentally checked out” of the job –but this is how he’s behaved ever since he first entered No10.

The wellbeing of the people who elected him has always come second to his own desires and interests.

He skipped COBRA meetings to write a book while Covid was taking its grip. He enjoyed parties in Downing Street while the country was obeying lockdown rules. He even wanted to squeeze in a postponed wedding party with wife Carrie at his grace-and-favour mansion – until public outrage forced a change of venue.

And now he’s left his underlings to work out how to keep people safe from a record-breaking heatwave while he hangs up the bunting for his own lavish leaving do.

If guests at the Prime Minister’s goodbye bash start to feel the heat, they can cool off in Chequers’ indoor swimming pool.

Meanwhile, the clown car-full of Tory ladderclimbers who propped up Johnson’s disastrous premiership are battling to rule over whatever hasn’t melted or caught fire come September.

Whoever gets the keys to Chequers next, their first job should be to call an election so the British people have the chance to pick a PM who puts them first.