Opinion | Britain's Conservatives Enabled Boris Johnson. How Much Will It Cost Them? - ... - 0 views
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he has been like Mr. Trump in his readiness to bend rules, and bend the truth, to gain and hold power; and like Mr. Trump in his almost mystical connection with voters who had previously thought themselves shunned by the political establishment.
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The great weakness is that when the leader fails, or is exposed as fallible, everything fails
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For decades under successive leaders, as different as Margaret Thatcher, Mrs. May or Mr. Cameron, theirs had been a self-confident party, based on support for business and the projection of a strong security identity abroad. Conservatives were hostile to high taxation and an overmighty state.
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