Trump and Johnson have long been seen as two peas in a pod — and not just because of their strong sense of victimhood and refusal to take responsibility for their transgressions on the way ou…
File photo: The contrasting fates of Boris Johnson and Donald Trump come down to personal factors, electoral politics and the idiosyncrasies in the political systems of two nations.Britain’s Conservatives just did what America’s Republicans never dared to do.
Johnson was long seen as a vote-winning machine. He was the talismanic figure who won a referendum in 2016 that led to Britain’s exit from the European Union. Then, in a general election in late 2019, he delivered an extraordinary victory for the Conservatives — capturing post-industrial working-class heartlands in England and Wales that had long been the left-wing Labour Party’s power base.
Trump and Johnson have long been seen as two peas in a pod — and not just because of their strong sense of victimhood and refusal to take responsibility for their transgressions on the way out of office. Despite his extraordinary success in winning over blue-collar voters, much as Trump did with rust-belt blue-collar Democrats, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is hardly anti-establishment. Exceedingly well-read and a talented writer, Johnson came through Britain’s pipeline to power — from exclusive private school Eton and Balliol College at Oxford University.
No one could credibly argue that Britain — facing high inflation, the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and rising industrial unrest — has been governed in any sense of the term in recent weeks. Johnson’s personal dramas overwhelmed everything. And he’s shown personal contempt for the rule of law.
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