If Boris Johnson secures a place on the final ballot to be Tory leader and party members make him prime minister again, the recently suntanned MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip will find himself in a situation that is unrecognisable from the post-Brexit, pre-pandemic era that marked the high point of his three years and 44 days in No 10.
In January 2020, Britain was poised to benefit from pent-up demand, especially from the business community, held back by four years of uncertainty about the UK’s relationship with the European Union.
