"He was a cross between Hugh Grant and a silverback gorilla." Absolutely. "Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man: A Profile of Boris Johnson". Quite an amazingly good article from Toby Young on Quillette (where he is an associate editor).
"My uncle had described him as a 'genius' and as a boy he'd been regarded as something of a wunderkind. There was the occasion when he was holidaying with his family in Greece, aged 10, and asked a group of Classics professors if he could join their game of Scrabble. They indulged the precocious, blond-haired moppet, only to be beaten by him."Wow, there's hope for me yet: Boris I challenge you to a game of Scrabble!
Anyhoo, it isn't a Boris love-in although it is - and the comments - well worth a read (all of it). The toadmeister ends with "The next three months, between now and October 31st, will reveal whether that was a historical premonition or a sophomoric illusion." Boris has so much baggage that despite BBC et al pulling all stops to have him NOT win, they must be licking their lips and opening the many boxes full of sleaze to begin a steady drip-drip of poison, at which they are world beaters.
Boris has certainly made a good start, the "Action this day" Churchillian speech plus a major cabinet overhaul (only 6/10 in my book) has really set the optimism meters going as if it were 24th June 2016 again. That said, deliver or die: Nigel will not walk away again and TBP still has my vote.
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