Johnson’s prospects come in three varieties of Nixon

Early next week we will know who the new Prime Minister is going to be, with the clear expectation that it will be Boris Johnson. There have been many attempts to anticipate how he is going to approach Brexit and to read the not always consistent messages he has given.Most of the speculation falls into what might be called ‘three varieties of Richard Nixon’, after the former US President.Nixon goes to ChinaThe first variety is ‘Nixon goes to China’, referring to the 1972 visit to China which beg