How the Brexit deal demonstrates Boris Johnson’s genius

I have never cared for Boris Johnson as a politician. Despite that, I voted for him twice as London mayor. That actually says a lot about Boris for me. I can point to the fact that what I really did in 2008 and 2012 was vote against Ken Livingstone. Boris was just the lucky recipient – he was in the right place at the right time. Yet when a politician is always in the right place at the right time, there comes a moment when you have to stop putting it down to simply luck.

Getting the trade agreement with the EU completed this week is nothing short of political genius on the part of Boris Johnson. If Dominic Cummings were still working for him, a lot of political journalists would right now be crediting him for getting this over the line; but no, it was down to Boris. I don’t praise him because the deal is a good one; it is as thin as I thought any agreement completed between the two sides would be at this stage of the negotiations.