I wonder myself if its all part of the Plan....gunslinger comes in...does the nasty stuff makes himself thoroughly unpopular and then is "kicked out" by wiser kinder PM and they all live happily ever after. Boris is no idiot, neither is he a genial buffoon. He is quite capable of playing a very long game indeed, even beyond his term of office. Anyone else think that Rishi Sunak is being protected from giving bad news? He is personable and so on...an ideal successor.