Not bothered with any of the party conferences this year, but Boris' speech yesterday afternoon was, it seems, a decent attempt to build a few bridges with those in the party who were upset about his recent newspaper articles on Brexit, then, a few hours later, we get this;-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41490174
I never went to University (too much "mitching" in the sixth form put paid to that even if I had been interested
), but my brother did and he told me that it was full of very well read people who could stay up to the early hours debating all sorts of obscure philosophies, but ask them to perform a simple household task (e.g. change a plug, cook a meal) and a lot of them wouldn't have a clue - life on mars is right, Johnson is intelligent in many ways, but, in others, he is hopelessly out of touch with the ordinary man/woman on the street and there are times when he just seems thick to me.
I suppose the ideal list of priorities for a politician you would respect and trust to do a good job would be, country first, party second, yourself third, with Boris it's always struck me that what comes second and third can be argued about between party and country - in fact, it probably changes as to which one serves Boris best, because it's always been me first for him.