BY DAILY MAIL MONITOR

“WELL, HE’S BEEN wrong so often, he might be wrong here. That’s what we all fear.”

Horst Von Der Ofew, a German EU official, says the Union is terrified that Johnson’s capacity for “screwing things up” may well work against it, and its worst nightmare – Britain rejoining – come to pass.

“Why can’t he keep his bombast to himself? We’re a superstitious lot here in Brussels. We know that anything Johnson says, the opposite usually happens. And he said it in the Daily Mail. Don’t they have any more teachers sleeping with their students? Or vacuous celebrities sunning themselves? And where’s Queen Maxima when you need her?”