Not so long ago Johnson was our Foreign Secretary – diplomat in chief, as you might think.  He is pretty much universally held to have made a complete mess of it.

Only the Tory party could promote a failure from Foreign Secretary to Prime Minister, but even the Tory part, for all its lies and evasions cannot disguise the fact that once again he is demonstrating that he falls far short of requirements.

Brexit we were told would put Britain back in its rightful place on the world stage.  Well it has: we are now seen coying up to a US President who despises us, and hoping for crumbs from the table of a Chinese government which has now stated that our behaviour will have “repercussions.”   As part of Europe we were well placed to stand up to bullies; that is no  longer so.  Australian leaders have stated with the utmost clarity that they think Britain’s leadership has taken leave of its senses.  As for Russia, words fail me.

Perhaps the Flatulent One is proposing Trade Treaties with Guam, Bermuda and Angola – that should get us out of our predicament.

The fact is that Johnson is not up to he job, and he has surrounded himself with those even less able than he.