Polly Toynbee`s hatchet job on Johnson and the hundred-plus Tory MPs, the real "ones to blame, crowding in to join his bandwagon", did not actually go far enough (Boris Johnson spoke: you can`t trust a word, 13/06/19). Most of the Johnson-supporting MPs will indeed be hoping for one of the "120 plum posts", thinking also that with him as prime minister out-Faraging Farage, their seats can be saved from Labour in the next election, but what Toynbee doesn`t mention is how short-lived Johnson`s popularity will be.
Being prone to the odd gaffe and having a reputation of being something of a rogue, will only be popular attributes in the short-run; even before his arrival in Downing St, inevitably there will be, what Toynbee calls "nation-shamingly", exposures, a mixture of revelations of infidelities, tax irregularities, gross exaggeration of past achievements, and bare-faced lies. By the time of the general election, Johnson`s inability to grasp detail will be obvious to all, and Tory MPs will have huge difficulty in explaining their choice of such an inept leader to an embarrassed electorate. Even Corbyn`s team should realise what damage six questions demanding detailed answers on a variety of subjects will do at PMQs.
Lets not make the Tory mistake of treating the voters as mugs; Johnson is no "One Nation" Conservative, and will take his party down with him!
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