As disastrous as it will be, let’s face it – Boris Johnson will be our next leader

It’s pointless analysing his words, or reiterating that he’s a liar, a charlatan, a narcissist who can’t rouse himself to read a brief – the MPs are already cascading into a line behind the membership

Accept it. It’s too late for denial, and there is no time for the middle three stages. So fast track the grieving process and jump straight to acceptance, because the prognosis for Britain is in, and it’s terminal.

Boris Johnson will be your next prime minister, and possibly sooner than seemed possible a few days ago.

His appointment was ratified today, as tradition dictates, by the monarch (the unconstitutional one with the power).