The prime minister has been fined for breaking the law. He stands charged with having lied to Parliament, in breach of his own ministerial code. This, says establishment media windsock Robert Peston, “is perhaps the most important test of the robustness and efficacy of the checks and balances in the British constitution of my lifetime”.
It’s possible that this scandal will sink Johnson. But it probably won’t. And, assuming it doesn’t, I can’t help but think it might end up being good for him. After all, he has long used distrust in politics like a predatory snake spitting venom.
In 2008, Boris Johnson had a simple plan to win London’s mayoral election. He promised to do nothing.
