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No great surprise that Boris Johnson has no better an idea than anyone else how to solve the Brexit conundrum - after all he was part of the Government who got us into the mess in the first place - threatening not to pay is not going to work, 2nd order issue in Brussels 1/ 
Shred the backstop? Not going to be acceptable on the EU side as they've made clear many times before. Prepare for no deal in the hope that shifts the dial? You still don't have the Parliamentary majority for no deal, and the EU knows it 2/
Very popular among candidates is send Ministers rather than officials, which is a slogan not a realistic stance, officials negotiate under ministerial direction, always the case. "personal direction" from PM - repeating the PM's error of not having a chief negotiator 3/
Parliament apparently should "think about their democratic duty" and the EU "will want us out" - actually the last is true, but not at the cost of a border in Ireland. But again, absolutely no detail... 4/
They're all, Johnson included, wanting to claim to be one-nation tory, if true of course leaving the single market but spending more would be a complete repudiation of Margaret Thatcher. Of course it isn't, one nation is defined however they like 5/
What I predicted at the start of the contest has been true of the main leadership candidates. They'll claim to renegotiate the backstop and threaten no-deal. Won't work, and it's about time media and MPs challenged them on this 6/ end linkedin.com/pulse/brexit-t…
