Inside Politics: Boris Johnson shakes off holiday hangover as Iran crisis mounts

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He may not know it, but Boris Johnson has quite a bit in common with Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Both grew up dreaming of glory on a global stage – Johnson claimed he wanted to be “world king”, while Ibrahimovic pronounced himself “King Zlatan”. Born winners, perhaps. But people can tire quickly of megalomaniacs. Anti-Zlatan vandals have toppled a giant gold statue of the narcissistic Swedish star by sawing off the ankles. Our PM will have to make sure he isn’t cut down to size in his prime. As Johnson returns home to face his first foreign policy crisis, he has much of Westminster snapping at his heels – angry at his failure to cut short his hubristic 12-day holiday in the Caribbean. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s daily Inside Politics briefing.

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