Is Boris kidding or can he really #GetBrexitDone?

The British Prime Minister was fired from his job as a journalist at The Times for fabricating a quote.

Love him or hate him, but Boris Johnson is a character who's hard to ignore. He's brash and boisterous, impetuous and arrogant, contemptuous and cheeky. The British Prime Minister was fired from his job as a journalist at The Times for fabricating a quote from his godfather, British historian Colin Lucas, and then trying to cover it up. Twice divorced, Johnson is also known to have lied about an extra-marital affair, and the groping allegations against him are still simmering. But the issue of Brexit, due within 28 days including today, isn't about Johnson's personality flaws. It's about whether or not he can get Brexit done on October 31 "one way or another," given that the surprise result of the 2016 referendum has already cost the United Kingdom two prime ministers.
After unsuccessfully trying to close the door on 'Brexit by deal' through an unlawful suspension of the British parliament, the PM yesterday gave his "final offer" for disinterested EU negotiators. For the uninitiated, the Irish border puzzle - also known as backstop - remains the biggest stumbling block in Britain's amicable divorce with the European Union. Simply put, the issue is about how to keep the Irish border free from border checks after Brexit, when it becomes the frontier between the UK and the EU. Johnson yesterday made the right noises - "we will under no circumstances have checks at or near the border in Northern Ireland" - and cited the constantly improving technology as a solution, without the need of a controversial hard border.
That's an improvement. Until now, he's been rather loud about the my-way-or-the-highway offer to the EU, but that tone was conspicuous by its absence yesterday. Has it finally dawned upon the British PM that the no-deal opinion is no longer on the table thanks to the Benn Act? For one, he actually reached out to the EU. "We love Europe. We are European," he said. Is this a new, improved Boris Johnson we're seeing? Even if it is, is it enough? For the millions who voted for an orderly Brexit three-and-a-half years ago, for the thousands of businesses waiting for certainty on the modus and manner of the exit, for the hundreds of British parliamentarians who've had to repeatedly vote on the issue, is that too little, too late?