Boris Johnson derides ‘managerial’ leadership – but he’ll have a harder time winning over the US and the EU with his style

He argues that it’s time to replace the dull prosaic May years with the bright poetry of his age. Perhaps so, but in his disaster-strewn career, the chances of him forging a deal with Brussels seem slim

Not quite yet ensconced in Downing Street and we already have before us the tangled wreckage of the first crisis of the Boris Johnson premiership. It does not augur well.

According to Mr Johnson, who is a keen if not especially skilful political spinner, the person responsible for the premature end of Sir Kim Darroch’s career as HM ambassador to the United States is whoever did the leaking of the Sir Kim’s candid emails about Donald Trump.

Wrong.