With crushing inevitability, Boris Johnson becomes the next British prime minister: the twentieth Old Etonian to occupy 10 Downing Street, and a former member of the same exclusive dining club as David Cameron. A photograph of the pair at the infamous Bullingdon Club was unearthed several years ago and is indicative of the rot within the party: the invitation-only club was known for the appalling, drunken behavior of its members, with rumors they would trash restaurants then casually drop checks covering the damage. In an attempt to stymie the reputational damage, the party listed the Bullingdon Club as a proscribed organization at the end of last year. Conservative members can no more have membership in Cameron and Johnson’s former dinner society than in the Islamic State. The hangover remains, however, and the party is still riven with privilege and ostentatious wealth.

What will a Boris Johnson premiership possibly look like? A few clues have been dropped on his path to victory. When asked about Brexit repeatedly, Johnson stuck on the phrase “do or die”: the United Kingdom will leave the European Union by the deadline of October 31, “do or die.” On the BBC in the few hours before the official announcement, this phrase rang from the television every few minutes. Asked about specific policies, Johnson obfuscated and made jokes, but insisted time and again that he would take the United Kingdom out of Europe by Halloween with or without a deal. “Do or die” remains his philosophy, and he has made clear he is perfectly happy to behave in a far less cautious manner than Theresa May.

Johnson was never hugely committed to Brexit — he famously wrote two columns for the Telegraph, one anti-Brexit and one in favor of leaving, and decided which to submit at the last minute. His main political concern has always and only been his own advancement. Johnson has had multiple affairs that have been made public, has been sacked from many jobs for poor conduct, and failed to fulfill many of his duties as London mayor, essentially working part-time. Everything Johnson does is half-hearted, and the focus is on his own fulfillment rather than any abiding sense of public duty. A likely scenario after Johnson’s ascent to the premiership is that he simply won’t take the role seriously and will walk away as soon as the boredom hits.