Is Boris Johnson really ready to take an enormous electoral gamble? | Robert Ford

An early vote would be a risk, but if his opponents fail to unite it could be a winnerBoris Johnson’s appointment of a cabinet dominated by hardline Brexiters suggests he will adopt an uncompromising approach to Brexit, one that will be hard to deliver given the current composition of the House of Commons. But what if the goal is to change the Commons arithmetic via an early election? Could a “delivering Brexit” campaign win him a parliamentary majority and, if so, where would