John Chuckman
EXPANSION OF A COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY JOHANNA ROSS IN CONSORTIUM NEWS
“UK Buckles Up for Ride with Unpredictable New PM
“From Brexit to Scottish independence and escalating tension with Iran, Boris Johnson has his work cut out as PM. Has he got what it takes?”
Boris Johnson is Donald Trump with an Eton accent and schoolboy looks.
The actual content of what comes out of his mouth and his attitudes and prejudices are very close in spirit, including insulting numerous individuals and groups.
He’s actually a rather creepy figure because it is possible, if you aren’t familiar with him, to take some of his clowning around as good-natured.
And who doesn’t welcome some jokes in politics, it’s mostly such a dreary business?
But this is a clown resembling something from a Stephen King story or Madame Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors.
It is rather disturbing that two such figures would emerge at the same time, thousands of miles apart.
Like a new infection spreading quickly.
