The Churchill whom Johnson resembles is not Winston but Winston's father Lord Randolph, in Roy Jenkins' memorable phrase 'an essentially immature man without much warmth of heart or depth of brain'.
Other apt comments in relation to Johnson's resemblance to Lord Randolph:
Gladstone 'not a single grain of conviction in him'.
Balfour 'He has the manners of a pirate & the courage of a governess'.
Jenkins: 'his politics were dictated by opportunism not by any coherent belief'.
Apr 13, 2018 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Dear Mr Corbyn,
Thank you for your reply (see below).
In light of what you say in your reply, I do not see the point of leaving the EU at all: your plan is in effect EU membership without a British say on how the EU is run or how it develops. That makes no sense.
You say:
You say you ‘respect the referendum result’ and offer this as the reason for ‘leaving the EU in no way other than not having a say in its running.’ That is, you ‘respect’ the view of 37% of an electorate which deliberately and unfairly excluded whole constituencies of people...
