The world has moved on from the likes of Boris Johnson

Editorial: He is out on his ear, politically, because he is a liar, and there is no one who believes he is not a liar

There is absolutely no one left who could possibly ever trust him (PA)

Boris Johnson has always believed that rules do not apply to him because he does not see the world through the lens of rules that must be obeyed, but rather as a battle of wills between people.

The source of fury in his deranged 1,000-word rant, released on Friday evening, is the fact that he cannot accept that the privileges committee, and especially its chairperson Harriet Harman, has gotten the better of him. He cannot accept that he has lost a battle of wills to what he regards as lesser opponents.

He cannot – and will never – see that he has lost only to himself. That he was simply found utterly wanting. Power, in politics, is often gained in the first instance through naked political chicanery, but it is only held on to, at least in this country, through service to the people. And Mr Johnson cannot accept that his party took action to remove him because he had lost the confidence of the people. Not only that they would never again believe a word he said, but also that he had been a disastrous leader at a very serious time. He had precisely none of the skills that the Covid pandemic required of him.