The United Kingdom: the once and future king

Boris Johnson may be hoping for a comeback. All he has to do is hang onto his seat in Parliament, so he’s available when his despairing party turns to him again after being ejected from office by a landslide vote (he hopes) in 2024—or perhaps sooner.

Boris Johnson has scarcely bothered to turn up for work since he was forced to resign three months ago and had to stay on as a caretaker prime minister, writes Gwynne Dyer.Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

September 1, 2022

LONDON, U.K.—As a child, outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly said he wanted to be "king of the world." He ended up in a somewhat humbler role, was rejected by his own party’s Members of Parliament for his mendacity, corruption, and incompetence, and will hand over to his suc...

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