Machiavelli is alive and well

According to former Prime Minister Harold MacMillan a week is a long time in politics and the events of this last week have proved him right again. It was on Friday 24 June that Boris Johnson was leading the Leave Campaign’s victory celebrations after the vote in the referendum went their way. On Thursday 30th, however, he was announcing that he would not be standing for election as Conservative Party leader. His one-time ally and campaign manager, Michael Gove, had announced he was standing...