Does Boris Johnson believe he can hoodwink the nation on Brexit? | Tom Kibasi

Johnson's Brexit plans are almost as hard to assess as his lack of principles - he believes in neither leave nor remain

The problem with assessing the intentions of a serial liar is that disbelief becomes second nature. So when Boris Johnson stated his Brexit plans in interviews last week and over the weekend it was largely overlooked. The media and public preferred to focus Johnson's absurd claim that he enjoys arts and crafts of the vehicular variety. Less a dead cat than a dead kitten.

What makes Johnson's intentions even harder to assess is his absence of principles. He belongs to a vanishingly small group of Britons who believe in neither leave nor remain. It is not that he has changed his mind but that he has never much cared either way. For Johnson, Brexit was a passing bandwagon to the premiership, and he was prepared to climb aboard. It is testament to his political skill that he has hoodwinked the Brexit zealots into believing he is their man.