Boris won’t change. Why should he?

Boris Johnson is not short of troubles, or advice. Most of that advice, from colleagues and commentators alike, comes down to the same thing: he’s got to change. Change his team, change his approach. Change the way he does things.

That argument is a familiar one at Westminster. When a Prime Minister hits trouble – and this one has hit it harder and faster than most – those of us who comment on politics reach for ‘change’ as the answer.

It’s often good counsel, too. It is logical that the best way out of a situation is to change the fundamental causes of that situation.

But there’s a problem with the argument that this Prime Minister – or any PM, come to that – must change. It won’t happen. Boris Johnson isn’t going to change.

I don’t say this as criticism or praise, merely observation – and not just about him.