No. 10 party furore could burst Boris Johnson’s bubble

Johnson has shamelessly broken rules before, but the sense that the UK can do better is now running deep, writes Martin Kettle

The polls suggest that voters have begun to tire of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s act. Photo: Adrian Dennis/PA

Boris Johnson’s entire life and career are littered with personal, professional and political deceptions. 

He breaks rules and tells lies with shameless confidence and without compunction. This is part of his act, but it sometimes feels as if it is almost a matter of self-regarding principle too. That is partly because, most of the time, he gets away with and is even rewarded for it. So why should it be any different now?