PUBLISHED: 08:56, Sun, Jun 16, 2019 | UPDATED: 09:05, Sun, Jun 16, 2019
Boris Johnson is a serious man with a deep appreciation of this country's history (Image: Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Among the books he has authored is a biography of Britain's greatest Prime Minister -Winston Churchill - and it is to that titan of the last century that he needs to seek inspiration from now. Barring something unforeseen, Mr Johnson will become our next Prime Minister. But he will have been given that opportunity because Brexiteer MPs believe he has guaranteed that Britain will be leaving the EU on October 31 and there will be no further delay.
So, just as Churchill in 1940 dismissed demands from many in the establishment to negotiate and compromise, Mr Johnson must also show the courage of his convictions, by doing the brave and right thing.
He must ignore the siren voices of the Remain factions, dismiss the doom-mongers of Project Fear and take Britain into a bright future with no fear.
A failure to deliver Brexit will be terminal and would probably see the death of the world's oldest and most successful political
