Who needs Hinkley Point or Sizewell C? We already have human reactor Boris Johnson

It is arguably disappointing that Boris Johnson chose to use his last proper speech as a prime minister to readvertise his services as a newspaper columnist –but can you blame him, really?It is publicly assumed – and quite possibly even true – that the guy is in desperate need of a few quid, what with having dropped two hundred grand decorating what turned out to be a very short term rental flat.

He had, in theory, gone to Suffolk to approve £700m of funding for a new nuclear power station. But mainly he’d gone to remind the nation’s right-wing comment desks that he’s definitely still got it. He’s always had it, really. The trouble is the same as it’s always been. The more you burnish your journalistic credentials as a weaver together of largely specious arguments,…