Boris Johnson seems to have a thing for bridges. Despite the ordeal of his failed vanity project, the London Garden bridge, he’s now trying to go a step further. Ignoring the potential issues with building a bridge over one of the busiest shipping channels in the world, the existence of the tunnel that operates at only 55% capacity, and his own insistence on tearing the UK away from the EU at any cost, he’s now proposing a “Channel bridge” to link the UK and France. Stating that it’s “ridiculous” for two of the world’s largest economies to be linked by a single railway line he suggested the idea during a meeting with French President, Emmanuel Macron.

Although this idea is slightly more plausible, it reminded me of a storyline from Netflix’s brilliant animated “sadcom” Bojack Horseman. In it, Bojack’s friend, a cartoon dog named Mr. Peanutbutter, attempts to become governor of California, and in the process a bill is passed which promises to build a bridge between California and Hawaii. In the latest series, the idea becomes a reality and Mr. Peanutbutter and his wife Diane try to drive across it, only to get stuck in traffic and have to spend most of their holiday at the one and only service station on the bridge.