Credits: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister need not say much sometimes. It’s often written all over his face. Or the way he stands. Or how he’s brushed his hair. It’s all part of a game, a masquerade, an act, beneath which lies the real Boris Johnson: a calculating, ambitious menace. How do we discover the true Boris Johnson? Well, we can begin by classifying some of his modi operandi — his body language.

THE IMPERIAL THUMBS UP

Don’t worry, everything’s going to be alright…right…?

THE FIST OF RESOLVE

I’m king of the world.

THE SHIT EATING GRIN

Everything’s funny from the top.

THE HAIR RUFFLE

I’m too posh to fail.