Former PM uses select committee appearance to tilt history a little in his favour

Sliding doors. In another life, Brexit would never have happened and David Cameron would still be prime minister. Though who knows whether the 2020 general election would have taken place because of coronavirus or if Dave would have called it a year early in 2019?

Boris Johnson just an ex-London mayor with a moribund, niche political career as the failed leader of Vote Leave. And certainly no sign of Boris, Matt Hancock, Gavin Williamson, Priti Patel or any of the other cabinet lightweights at the Downing Street press conferences. It was almost enough to make you nostalgic. He may have fucked up the country but at least he was a grown up about it.

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