Hawkshead...

Just read an excoriating take-down of Boris Johnson, and his qualificatons to hold the top job in British politics. The writer is Tory grandee, Max Hastings, who used to be Johnson’s boss on the Daily Telegraph. He doesn’t pull his punches. Hastings calls Johnson a “tasteless joke”, mentions “his moral bankruptcy, rooted in a contempt for truth” and reckons that “he cares for no interest save his own fame and gratification”. There’s plenty more in this uncharitable vein. If I had to choose one word to describe Boris, and his demeanour, it would be 'shifty'.

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