Boris Johnson: the long goodbye

This week may be when the British prime minister gets his comeuppance at last. Not only is he awaiting judgment by senior civil servant Sue Gray for more than a dozen staff parties at his official residence in a time of lockdown, now the police are looking into his behaviour too.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has slid effortlessly through endless scrapes and scandals that would have finished off a lesser scoundrel, writes Gwynne Dyer.
LONDON, U.K.—The plot couldn’t be more familiar: criminal mastermind gets away with endless daring escapades, and is brought down in the end by some silly little mistake. That’s Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who slid effortlessly through endless scrapes and scandals that would hav...

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