It's a set-up

Volatility is produced by two key factors: the overproduction of elites and the immiseration of the poor.

- ANDREW ANTHONY

One of the curious aspects of times of political and economic volatility is that you can never be sure when someone or something is finished. It's a bit like the end of a Hollywood horror film the baddie may look as if he's dead, but he's still got at least another two scene-stealing reanimations in him.

So when it was announced last month that Boris Johnson had resigned as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip with immediate effect, it looked on the surface as if it was the end of his political career. After all, he'd been severely sanctioned by Parliament for lying, having already been forced from office by his own ministers.

No one trusts him, not even his closest lieutenants, and he can't seem to function without making promises that he has no intention of keeping. As that divisive habit has been thoroughly and definitively exposed, where can he possibly go from here?