Bojo At The Crossroads

[poliphilo]

You wish for a politician who looks and sounds like a real human being and what do you get? You get Boris Johnson.

Of course he wants to be party leader. NB: on matters of substance he's as slippery as all the rest.

He's a neo-con of neo-cons. Give him the top job and- like every other leader since Thatcher- he'll govern in the interests of the bankers. The only difference is he'll do it in the style of Tommy Cooper.

There are an awful lot of skeletons in his closet. Affairs, illegitimate children, dodgy mates, Darius Guppy. Will they come tumbling out if he climbs any higher?

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[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, charisma sells - and he's got enough of that "affable charm" to make him seem quite acceptable, until you look at his policies. I suppose the same can be said of Nigel Farage, who managed to lure pretty much the entire UK media establishment into offering him 24x7 coverage in the last bunfight.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Politicians with charm have us eating out of their hands because there are so few of them.