The story is obviously more than a bit confected but probably essentially true. Under the clumsy telling I can even understand the 'test trip' even though the outing to the river coincided with his wife's birthday.
When I've been ill in bed and begin to feel better, I never really know whether I am better or not until I try and do something. Throwing in the eyesight bit which I suspect was off-script was painting the lily and went a bit wrong.
I did wonder if his wife couldn't drive. Maybe she was still poorly and I went off to make a cup of tea during that bit.
But I'm guessing. He didn't have an accident, he didn't call out the emergency services and fatally infect them, and it's probably time to drop hands on the whole thing and leave the Tories looking even more incompetent.
Whether it's within the rules or not, they don't cater for every eventually and I imagine very few people have not been sensibly creative in a small way. I have to go up to my site this morning and "erect" a planning notice at my plot. I don't see that on the list either.
He's probably suffered enough, but it would be nice if Johnson could be subjected to a bit more opprobrium.
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