Saturday, May 27, 2023

Michael Lambert: How Boris Johnson Trashed the UK

May 27, 2023 | As leader of the Brexit 'leave' campaign and as prime minister, Boris Johnson is responsible for causing immense damage to the UK, its economy, its future prospects and its reputation worldwide.

Johnson is lazy, dishonest, incompetent and self-obsessed. He surrounded himself with a lacklustre cabinet with people of little talent and of whom 70% were and are 'remainers'. Brexit has been a disaster.

By insisting that all candidates in the 2019 general election should declare themselves 'pro-Brexit', Johnson eliminated many talented politicians whilst others who stood had to declare themselves to be pro-Brexit whether or not they were. 70% of the present cabinet voted to remain in the EU but now have to defend Brexit.

Johnson was only ever interested in self-publicity and being in the limelight and never much interested in the dull politics of running the country.

The British government, thanks to Johnson, is composed of many second-rate politicians. There have been instances of the ministerial code having been broken, of bullying and ofcorruption, all under Boris Johnson's premiership.



This is yet another excellent synopsis of the appalling political situation in the United Kingdom: the political and economic mess that the Tories themselves have created. Regarding Boris Johnson—if I must call him that; I would prefer to call him BoJo, which I feel is more appropriate for the dangerous jester that he is—the man belongs in a circus, not in high office. Should we be surprised by a political and economic mess ensuing if we elect a clown into high office? Clowns belong in circuses, not in high office. – © Mark Alexander