Article Title says Netherlands ; while Leiden is actually in Holland, let's not use Holland as it is too often mistaken as being the same as the Netherlands. Holland (north and south) is a part of the Netherlands.

The man is a professional buffoon. He genuinely didn't know if he would be pro or anti brexit until the last minute. A game, smart opportunist. There's an essay online I can't find now where somebody sees him do the "Oh god, I've lost my speech, I'll just talk extemporaneously" schtik twice and realises the buffoonery is a deliberate strategy to disarm.

This one, I think - a brilliant essay. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/my-boris-johnson-story/

Yep thats the one. Thanks! And the spectator is no friend to socialism, quite the contrary. This is written by fellow journalist Jeremy Vine.

That would not have been necessary, we would have sent the vaccines by Michiel de Ruyter Express.