The public saw Boris Johnson as warmly authentic, then devious and corrupt | Simon Jenkins

He faced phenomenal challenges but had a disrespect for parliament and the public that finally caught up with him

Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it. It was chaotic. Boris Johnson’s last hours in office were palpably staged, not to ease his party’s torrid history or respect the dignity of his office. They were fashioned as the opening chapter of his memoirs: “How the bastards tried to oust me.” It has been Boris in full flow, two fingers to his colleagues, rhubarb to parliament an...