Boris Johnson may have woken in the before-dawn hours yesterday to enjoy a moment of respite. His spirited performance at PMQs had showed the Old Dog had fight in him yet, while Christian Wakeford crossing the floor to Labour had momentarily galvanised his despairing MPs. Even David Davis’s harpoon — “in the name of God, go…” — only grazed because it was delivered by the oldest of assassins. Sir Keir Starmer handed him another reprieve by telling too many jokes instead of his usual forensic questioning.
By breakfast, however, any hint of calm was over: Sajid Javid told the Today programme that the parties held in Downing Street “had damaged trust in democracy and the Prime Minister”.
