Locked out of your phone, Boris? Bzzz! Try again and pull the other one

Does anybody who has pulled off Boris Johnson’s marital gymnastics really believe he can’t remember his passcode? No – but he couldn’t care less, writes Tom Peck

Johnson demonstrates, yet again, that improvement is beyond him (PA)

You only get a few wrong attempts at guessing an iPhone’s passcode before the thing becomes bricked and worthless, so you can see why Boris Johnson might be wary. He’s been here before.

“There were no parties.” Bzzz! Wrong. Try again.

“There were parties but I didn’t know about them.” Bzzz! No. You have one more attempt.