It should be said here that the problem isn’t and wasn’t just Boris Johnson. The average Brit today exists in a bubble of self-satisfied delusion. Boris and his ilk have given the average Brit a set of scapegoats — Europeans, immigrants, foreigners — and in response, the average Brit, snarling in stupid rage, backs them to the hilt. That’s not a joke, or an exaggeration — despite the economic ruin of Brexit, despite already having the highest Covid death rate in Europe, despite all the harm and folly, the average Brit still backs the conservatives politically, and shows no sign of wavering whatsoever. The conservatives can “do no wrong,” pundits say. But they have done wrong — they have wrecked a soc…