The Republican reaction to Trump’s impeachment is a grim glimpse into Britain’s future

Tory MPs are even worse than their GOP counterparts – they actively chose Boris Johnson to lead them

For a ghoulish glimpse into the political future on this side of the Atlantic, hazard a glance at events this week in Washington.

In one respect, the impeachment of Donald Trump will be a macabre irrelevance. The verdict was in before the trial began. By a widely predicted score of 53 to 47, the senate has already acquitted. Since the requisite two-thirds majority to remove a sitting president requires 20 Republicans to switch sides, no startling new evidence (if any is allowed to be heard) could reverse the outcome.

Everyone knows what happened. Trump attempted to use a freeze on funding Ukrainian defence to try and coerce its president to neutralise the electoral threat of Joe Biden.