Johnson will be next British PM because it’s not about character

Johnson is in the middle of a messy marital breakup and this has had no effect on his following, writes Terry Prone.

He’s a proven liar, adulterer, and drug-taking posh boy. Yet Boris Johnson is so ahead of the rest of the posse of contenders for the British prime ministership that the only reason any of the others will remain in the battle is to raise their profiles and render their inclusion in a future cabinet inevitable.