Edinburgh review: Boris the Third – Pleasance Courtyard

First published in The Times, Tuesday August 9 2022

TWO STARS

As things stand, we don’t know precisely how the final chapter in the saga of the prime minister will play out. In some ways an X-Men-style origin story seems surplus to requirements: there has long been a prurient fascination with Boris Johnson’s backstory, and his shambling ascent to the highest office in the land.