| The Tom McTague piece on Boris Johnson 10:12 - Jun 7 with 767 views | Steve_M |
Is interesting, certainly worth a read for those interested in UK politics but it feels rather unsatisfactory, a bit of a puff piece even though I don't think that's what was intended. A couple of examples: it talks about Johnson as a Brexiter but ignores the fact that he made his choice for personal ambition having made the opposite arguments previously (and obviously in a parallel piece) and also his opposition to the ESL but ignores his tacit approval before realising how unpopular it was.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/boris-johnson-minister-of-c
The central jist, of Johnson both failing upwards and successfully managing to clamber over everyone else, isn't wrong as infuriating as it is. As I said, worth a read.
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| The Tom McTague piece on Boris Johnson on 10:36 - Jun 7 with 701 views | HARRY10 |
"a charlatan who lied his way to the top, who endangers democracy and traffics in racism, and who believes in nothing but his own advancement. He has been accused of triggering a wave of populist anger that he then rode to 10 Downing Street, leaving Britain weakened and in very real danger of dissolution"
nothing we didn't already know
and the 'stuck on a zip wire' was nothing more than another of his carefully arranged stunts |  | | |
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