Well - if Boris has decided anything, it's that he'd rather lead a rabble of no-hoper xenophobes who believe that being against Brexit is being against Britain, than serve as a minion in May's multi-dysfunctional riven "government."

In other words Boris has gone Trump, and is pandering to the deplorables in order to win the party leadership and - he hopes - an election.

The lying is part of the act. In the world of the deplorables, sticking a boot in the face of anyone who has real facts to discuss is considered a virtue, not a crime.

Boris doesn't care about facts. Boris only cares about Boris. And when you're on your way to the top, populist rhetoric always trumps (sic) truth.