Is Boris Johnson a Liability Theresa May Can’t Do Without?

Britain’s foreign secretary has plenty of critics, but he may yet be an indispensable part of the Brexit story.

Eccentric, underwhelming and out of his depth.

Those are just some of the charges leveled at Boris Johnson eight months into his job as U.K. foreign secretary. As geopolitical crises pile up from Russia to Syria, his critics whisper about eccentric performances at Cabinet, off-the-cuff remarks and his inability to deliver on sweeping pledges to slam more sanctions on Moscow.