Boris reigns supreme

It is extraordinary how a big political majority in parliament changes everything, not just the fact that the Conservative government can start to do what it really wants in planning ahead for the next five years but because Boris Johnson has been unleished. He has the golden opportunity to be bold and decisive. He has already shown that he is now brimming with confidence by effectively telling the EU that he will not brook any further delay in negotiating a trade deal beyond December 31 2020. He is going to legislate this ultimatum by putting the date into his Brexit bill. He could never have done that if he had won by a small margin last week. And there is no opposition to fight him. The Labour Party is in a total mess with Jeremy Corbyn unbelievably still around claiming to be leader but no one is listening to him, the Liberal Democrats have lost their leader and their parliamentary status and the Brexit Party is off the map. Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish Nationalists, has more seats after the election but she is so obsessed with independence for Scotland that she will soon become the bore of the year. So Boris reigns supreme and in his first 100 days he will need to start implementing his many promises. Cabinet ministers are going to be working harder than ever to prove they are worthy of their places in government. Again, this gives enormous power to Boris. They all know that but for Boris's leadership and single-slogan mission throughout the election campaign - get Brexit done - they might well be sitting at home with their families with nothing to do. They owe him and Boris will no doubt remind them of that if they fail to meet his demands. Boris's danger is that if he relies too much on unelected advisers, especially those who masterminded his campaign, he will undermine his Cabinet and cause ripples of anger and frustration in Whitehall. But for the moment the world is at his feet and he looks like he is loving it.