Frankly my dear Nadine, Boris never gave a damn

One reason Johnson has been rendered so ridiculous is that only the already ridiculous and witless were willing to defend his endless lies, writes Tom Peck

Not waving, but drowning (Getty)

There could be no more perfect finale to the most tedious boxset drama of all time than a week-long row about a peerage for Nadine Dorries.

Of course, Johnson’s most recent and surely now final downfall doesn’t actually have anything at all to do with Nadine Dorries. It’s to do with him lying to the House of Commons. The row about Nadine Dorries is an entirely separate row, which is not about him lying to the Commons but lying to Nadine Dorries, which she is sadly if not tragically incapable of working out.

Eventually, everybody works out that Boris Johnson never gave a toss about them, but Dorries looks likely to be the exception that proves the rule. For her, it seems the penny will never begin its descent.