King Boris

King Boris came a cropper in Parliament yesterday as every TV viewer saw. The Rebel Alliance insisted that Parliament should take back control of the agenda. This was a blow when he had intended to dispense with Parliament altogether in a move which had been called a coup.

He has as much respect for Parliament as King Charles 1. At least the story of King Charles had a happy ending (though not for him perhaps).

Johnson also saw his Parliamentary majority walk across the floor of the house when Dr Philip Lee joined the Liberal Democrats.

The PM is now in the ludicrous position of threatening the opposition with a general election. This is similar to the position of the comic character Major Neuheim (played by Ian Richardson) in Private Schultz who is always ringing Schultz and threatening to shoot himself.