Boris Johnson has been on holiday

Let's be honest, we haven't really noticed. I mean, he's not a hands on PM is he?

But then, never has been.

As London Mayor, he appointed deputies to do the actual work, while he did, whatever Boris did; hang from zip wires, play smaller kids at rugby, cheat on his wives and families.

Then as Foreign Secretary, he mastered none of his briefs, insulted many of his opposite numbers, avoided contentious votes in the Commons, agreed to May's WA plan, then resigned when others did.

He was found, as Prime Minister, of giving the Monarch unlawful advice. A signed affidavit would have gotten him, JRM off the hook, but he, none of his Mnisters of any senior civil servants were willing to do so. There was no reason to prorogue Parliament, let along a good reason.

He, Cummings responded by briefing against the Judiciary, who were doing their job to interpret the law that Ministers and the Government made remarks that the judges "as the judges taking sides on Brexit", when all they were doing was pointing out there had to be a legal limit on prorogation. JRM denounced it as a constitutional coup. Remember, this is just making the Government of the day follow the laws of the land.

At any point, they could introduce legislation to change this, and there would be no problem. But this was never about obeying laws or not, it has always been about avoiding scrutiny, be it by the Judiciary, the press and media, Parliament or the public. This is a man who hid in a fridge during the election campaign so not to be interviewed on TV.

Johnson and Cummings want to rule by diktat, issuing commands like some modern day two-headed Henry VIII. Only that the Gina Millar case, in which the May Government of the day was forced to pass Brexit legislation through Parliament not use prerogative powers.

But such powers is what they like. And under Public Health Law, Johnson and Cummings, through Hancock can issue SIs, bypassing Parliament and all the scrutiny that involves, also ensures that contradictory rules and laws are issued, of immigration guidance with more pages of exclusions than actual rules.

That they want power for power's sake is bad enough. In a literal sense, they have no idea what to do with their power, other than to give legal force to Cummings' latest bright ideas. But those who will follow Johnson, and rest assured Johnson will leave Downing Street, maybe sooner than many think, might use that power for more sinsiter purposes.

Once Judaical Review is restricted or removed, the opportunity for any one of us to challenge the Executive to account, expecting it to obey the same laws that we all do, will be gone, and never to remove. In Poland, Hungary, Turkey, we have seen petty dictators remove large parts of their Judiciary to make it less possible to uphold basic human rights. Now that the UK has left the EU, in their sights next is the Human Rights Act and membership of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Brexit will be a bonfire of rights, because as was clear with Cummings' trip to Durham, all pigs are equal, but some are more equal than others.

So, Johnson went to the remote Outer Hebrides, rented a cottage and put up a large tent in the next field. Without the landowners permission. He is heading back to London, though not clear if he will be returning to his apparent one working day a week. But its OK, as former England goalkeeper, Peter Shilton, says we are giving Johnson too had a time, what with him recovering from the virus, having ignored his own social distancing advice.

Meanwhile, Ministers are not expected to resign, even when they have screwed up the futures of perhaps hundreds of thousands of A Level students.

Of course it was the exam regulator's fails, Secretary of State for Education. And of course you only realised the consequences of the formula you approved last weekend, a full six weeks after you were formally warned, and week after Scotland was forced to abandon exam results after using the same formula. How could you have linked these things together in order to make a competent decision?

Instead, Williamson thought it a good idea to have a photoshoot done, with his staring moodily into the mid-distance whilst sipping from a possibly empty mug. A fan on the desk pointed the wrong way, but most alarmingly of all, in the foreground at the edge of the desk, was a leather whip.

I wish I were making this up.

But like all Ministers, Hancock was appointed on his allegiance to Brexit and obey any order from Cummings, no matter how mad. And it wouldn't really matter if they did resign, as someone as incompetent would be waiting to take over to carry out orders without question, have no independent thought.

In today's Brexit news, is a warning from IDS that the EU should beware, as the UK is happy with no deal, and it would hurt the EU more than the UK, showing that after a lifetime of public "service" he has understood nothing. The value of lost trade for the EU would be higher than the UK's, but would only represent 15% of the Bloc's GDP, while for the UK it would be over 50%. I know which is worse, apparently the former Leader of The Conservative and Union Party does not.

The same with trucker's rights and licences. The EU will only agree to things in it's interest to do so. And will trade that off for something like fishing rights access, quid pro quo, as it were. Choices will have to be made, actual negotiations where each side gives something to get something else in return. Screaming just what you want makes the UK Government look like a spoilt toddler.

The EU is not moving, it will always start 23 miles from the Kent coast, and doing trade with it is the most profitable and economically sensible thing to do, and best for the UK. Brexit is never ever going to change that. Brexiteers might feel any weakness in the terms of Brexit will lead to backtracking and closer ties to the EU in the future. But that is inevitable. Trade is only possible with close ties, and the closer the ties to more trade there is, and tat is better for the UK economy.

A hard Brexit in January will result on some knee-jerk actions, which will result in quick agreements being done. But in the end, the UK will always be close to the EU, and that is a fact that Brexiteers will have to get used to. And reality means we have to trade with it, we need their good, services and labour.

Which is why Brexit was always such a stupid idea.

Have a great weekend.