Boris Johnson: dead man walking

The other reason is that the British public (including Conservative voters) has finally made up its mind about Johnson. The decisive factor was ‘Partygate’: the endless succession of boozy leaving-parties, birthday parties, and ‘Thank God It’s Friday’ parties that took place in Johnson’s house and offices at the height of COVID lockdowns in Britain.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pictured Sept. 9, 2020. The words that members of the British public used to describe Johnson in the aftermath of last weekend’s failed attempt by parliamentary members of his own Conservative Party to remove him from office had a weirdly antique ring. Nobody in England really talks like that any more, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

June 8, 2022

LONDON, U.K.—‘Cad.’ ‘Scoundrel.’ ‘Rotter.’ The words that members of the British public used to describe Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the aftermath of last weekend’s failed attempt by parliamentary members of his own Conservative Party to remove him from office had a weirdly antiq...

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