It’s almost like, if you elect no-talent frauds to public office they won’t actually be able to do the job. The headline link on the Times’ front page for this article was something about how Johnson is now “suddenly flailing,” but there is nothing sudden about it. He’s been flailing all along. That’s his schtick. The problem is that now he’s got his hands on the actual levers of power and he has no idea what to do.