Tag: Boris Johnson

  • Brexit Trilemma Update

    This week is the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester where the Tories unveil their government programmes and platforms. Naturally it has been overshadowed by allegations that Boris Johnson groped one (maybe two) reporters at a dinner in 1999. Just prior to that scandal, however, there was another. In this, Johnson was allegedly having an affair…

  • It’s Boris Time, Baby

    Today Boris Johnson begins his premiership as the next prime minister of the United Kingdom. He might not be popular with the wide body of the British population, but he is quite popular with the Conservative base. The Economist looked at how Boris polled on several traits, e.g. being more honest than most politicians, compared…