Mayor of London Boris Johnson is considerably more adept at getting under Cameron's skin than anyone else including the leader of the Opposistion.
The clear intention of his serial undermining of the PM is establishing himself in the party's mind as Cameron's natural successor. It's working.
He wasted no time this week putting into eloquent terms the visceral hatred of the right wing backbenchers over the rushed plans to fix the Eurozone ("we are in risk of saving of saving the cancer not the patient.")
However, Boris's fundamental point in opposing this closer fiscal union of the 17 was right:: it is just not democracy, dear boy.
The Euro was a political experiment which glossed over significant economic flaws. It rumbled along pretty well while economies showed sustained growth but has now began to unravel as tough times have persisted
It is not pride which is forcing Merkel and Sarkozy into this ill-starred amalgamation of sovereign states: they don't know what else to do. It seems amazing to me that France, a fiercely independent and defiant nation are going to allow their mighty Republic to be subsumed into a super Euro nation.
Maybe they won't, Sarkozy faces an election next year and any candidate settng himself against the plan would have a favourite's chance. Similarly, Angela faces electoral defeat in a few months.
So amusing as it is to see the PM treated like an ineffectual fag by 'school bully' Johnson, it is a petty domestic drama in a Europe close to political meltdown.
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