Does Boris Johnson have a woman problem?  Well just right now, it appears he doesn’t. In fact, he appears to be able to shake off any potential embarrassments in much the same way as Houdini shook off the most threatening of chains. During the leadership contest, he survived vivid reports of the “domestic” with his partner Carrie Symonds, which would probably have left any other contender on the floor. During the prorogation crisis, Johnson survived the revelation that he groped the inside of the thigh of his former Spectator colleague Charlotte Edwardes. The parliamentary careers of others were shut down…

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