It was Iain Duncan Smith that really nailed the personality of the former Prime Minister in this week's The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson (Channel 4, Weds/Thurs, 9pm).
Johnson is “one of those people who makes you laugh, while at the same time he's sticking the boot in”, Duncan Smith said. Also a pretty accurate summation of what the blond, blustering Old Etonian did to the country. The first two parts of this documentary series have so far shown us the rise of ‘Brand Boris’, a tale of privilege, networking and a seemingly blithe belief that he was meant to become someone powerful.
He joined the Vote Leave campaign and then, when they won the Brexit vote in 2016, seemed totally non-plussed. Walden says: “In Boris's mind there was sort of ‘what’s the plan? We haven't got a plan’. He never expected to win.
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