Boris Johnson’s former boss Max Hastings was seemingly onto something when he predicted Johnson’s premiership would “almost certainly reveal a contempt for rules, precedent, order and stability”. | By Rob Harris
Max Hastings, a legendary British newspaper editor and Boris Johnson’s former boss, was seemingly onto something when he predicted Johnson’s premiership would “almost certainly reveal a contempt for rules, precedent, order and stability”.when Johnson was a young reporter in Brussels.
Johnson, 58, announced on Thursday that he would step down as Conservative Party leader. He can, however, claim to be the most consequential British politician of his generation. He will be remembered in many ways by many people, but ultimately, as the man who took Britain out of the European Union. Having stood up for bankers during the financial crisis, he now railed against London’s pre-eminence. He built a new electoral coalition uniting rural parts of southern England with seats in former industrial towns, where working-class loyalties to the Labour Party had frayed.
Of course, he was not Donald Trump. Nowhere near it. But he came close this week when he threatened to barricade himself in 10 Downing Street and ignore the mass resignations that triggered his downfall. Within a month COVID-19 hit, and he found himself contemplating health restrictions that went against his libertarian instincts. He was painfully slow to order national lockdowns, leading to the unnecessary deaths of thousands.
At the time Johnson said he had “regrets” but only about the anger and confusion the public felt overBut Cummings, involved in a power struggle within No. 10, soon resigned and spent his time outside politics attacking Johnson, whom he likens to a shopping trolley, smashing from one side of the aisle to the other due to his indecision.
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