Boris Johnson is one of that breed of public figures genetically programmed not to get the hint 🖊️ GJamesHanning via ipaperviews
Boris Johnson’s Great Man’s sense of destiny, there since childhood, will surely be harder to shed than anything should resist the temptation to dance on his grave. Partly because he may yet think he can do aBut also because the man deserves some sympathy. Of course he is brilliantly gifted, has had a life of extraordinary good fortune and privilege; yet he has lied to wives, colleagues, foreign politicians and 60 million-odd Brits in the cause of self-advancement.
But the reason we shouldn’t gloat too much is that he is one of that breed of public figures genetically programmed not to get the hint. In short, he has delighted us long enough, but his puppyish assumption that we can’t get enough of him will be enormously difficult for him to take on board. The most recent comparable Conservative example of that is Lord Archer, whose stake through the heart moment only came when he had to serve a prison sentence for perjury. Even then – after a bit of a pause, admittedly – he couldn’t stay away from the carnival, giving interviews, writing books and reminding us of his irresistibility. , on one occasion telling us – bless him – that he had “learned humility”. Oh, how we laughed.
Boris Johnson doesn’t share this characteristic on the side. With him it’s the main dish, central to his being. He lives and breathes it every day, and seemingly has done so since childhood. The truth – like the law, decency, honesty, public-spiritedness, humility – is a trifling matter, mere values to keep happy the petty folk who keep their noses clean, stand in the queue, do the right thing and… oh yes, watch their loved ones die while their betters lord it in SW1.
Never mind all that. The clever people know those are means to an end, tools to be manipulated, not qualities to be aspired to in themselves. So admire the cleverness! Feel the brilliance! Enjoy the jokes! And yes, he’s very good at those, and much else.
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