Dickens
My gripe against Johnson is that he transferred so much power to that malevolent and destructive force - Dominic Cummings - giving him universal power over government.
And I believe he did that because he had no appetite for the behind-the-scenes, nitty-gritty, tedium of 'getting Brexit done', preferring the accolade of his supporters and admirers as he traipsed around the country donning aprons, hard-hats - all the various apparel worn by workers in the businesses he visited, giving the impression that he was a 'man of the people'.
I don't believe his heart was in Brexit any more than it would have been in Remain, had that been the outcome. In my opinion - which is just that, an opinion - either outcome would serve as a vehicle to get Johnson where he wanted to be, into Number 10.
Brexit was always going to be a huge constitutional change to our way of life, Johnson bounced around the country grinning, jocular, energised and buoyant - because he was never going to be much involved with the dreary monotony of the fine-print of Brexit. He was king and he had a retinue of courtiers for that - including Cummings, the Chief of the Court.
I would not say he's the worst PM we've ever had, that crown goes to Liz Truss. Boris Johnson did not inflict Brexit on the nation - it had already decided - but Truss, out of the blue-yonder, made an economic decision that millions are now paying for.
He had no choice though because Cummings was his kingmaker. Who planned to depose him as soon as possible.
