A pretty savage, and somewhat amusing, attack on Boris Johnson by his old boss, Max Hastings. I liked this line:
Like many showy personalities, he is of weak character. I recently
suggested to a radio audience that he supposes himself to be Winston
Churchill, while in reality being closer to Alan Partridge.
and this:
Johnson would not recognise truth, whether about his private or
political life, if confronted by it in an identity parade. In a
commonplace book the other day, I came across an observation made in
1750 by a contemporary savant, Bishop Berkeley: “It is impossible that a
man who is false to his friends and neighbours should be true to the
public.” Almost the only people who think Johnson a nice guy are those
who do not know him.
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