Alison O'Connor: How much lower will Boris Johnson go before the British people stand up to him?

It's disturbing that our nearest neighbour is led by this lying, philandering, self-interested, and callous man

British prime minister Boris Johnson will do anything, it seems, to save that which is of most importance to him — which is himself. File picture

"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters, OK,” said US presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2016. “It’s, like, incredible.”

It was incredible then and remains so six years later, more than a year after Trump stopped being US president. But the notion of just how low certain political leaders are allowed to go has moved far closer to home.