London | In a huge conference hall, in the swelter of a London heatwave, Boris Johnson had just been crowned as leader of the Conservative Party. He bounded to the stage. This was the moment: was he now the king, or was he still the court jester?
Well, neither. He was Boris. He resisted the urge, which plainly seized him on at least half a dozen occasions during his five-minute acceptance speech, to lapse into his bumbling best-man-speech routine.
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Hans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at hans.vanleeuwen@afr.com
