Twice yesterday the full gravity of the predicament facing the Conservative Party became compellingly clear. First, Boris Johnson, in a speech of epic bluster and bombast supporting the Government’s vote of confidence in itself, resorted to the rhetoric of Donald Trump and his supporters at their most wretchedly deluded.
“Some people will say as I leave office that this is the end of Brexit,” the Prime Minister bellowed, “and the leader of the opposition and the Deep State will prevail in its plot to haul us back into alignment with the EU as a prelude to our eventual return.”
