Yes, I have read it fluke. Jonathan Lis has already published several articles in the Byline Times seeking to analyse what is going on with Johnson. This is probably the best imo published in August 2020 so before the Owen Patterson scandal broke, before Partygate:
bylinetimes.com/2020/08/28/boris-johnson-the-anti-prime-minister/
These, to me, are key paragraphs:
“For Johnson, Brexit is less important than an exam. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t matter. He will blame someone else and it was fun to try.
And so the key to this game is failure. Johnson does not set out to fail per se. Rather, failure is just another route to winning. He fails to prove the failure won’t hurt him. He sabotages things because he can.
This thinking sounds perverse because it is. It must be understood within the framework, not of governing, but of a game with one necessary victor. Success, stability and predictability are boring. Why not see how far you can push the people who support you? If you can still win with the most danger, the most excitement, inflicting the most damage, why not try?”
Unless people understand the nature of the narcissistic psychopath they will never understand what drives his behaviour. Lis has nailed it in this and several other articles.