Pivots, petulance and performance: how Boris Johnson will be remembered in Europe’s capitals

The PM's frivolous style won't be missed in the EU, but his serious side emerged on Ukraine

Boris Johnson's supporters last week championed his legacy as a bullish enforcer of the British people's will against European technocrats.

The reality of his diplomatic record over six years in office, first at the foreign office and then at 10 Downing Street, is rather different. Negotiators in Brussels found the old Etonian more malleable than they had expected.