TV: The many lives of the posh boy who would be prime minister

If The Invention Of Boris Johnson (Channel 4) was intended as a last-minute attempt to spike the Tory toff’s guns, well, good luck with that

Anyone for Boris?: the top Tory was unflatteringly profiled in The Invention Of Boris Johnson (Channel 4) Pic: Getty

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Unless he is caught in bed this weekend with the proverbial live boy or dead woman, Boris Johnson will be prime minister of Britain by Tuesday night. At a time when that country needs the most perspicacious and astute leadership it can get, with its economy inching towards the abyss, it will instead ...