I sincerely hope you're wrong, Ginny. I have an image in my mind, which won't go away - Boris at the helm of the new Britannia - sailing into Shanghai, thinking that the Chinese will find him as bumbling and 'charming' as his fans in the UK do. When the time comes to exchange diplomatic gifts, he'd give the Chinese a whiff-whaff bat.
Hopefully, by the time of the next GE, the world will have come to its senses and the Silly Season will be over.
PS. Latest opinion polls show that the Conservatives are 3% up at the expense of Ukip, which is on the verge of collapse. That's not surprising, because May seems to have adopted Ukip's agenda. I suspect that's her plan.