I can’t help feeling we’re gorging ourselves on the garnish while skipping the main meal. Surely the only relevant question is whether he’s a good politician.
On the basis of his big appointments to date, you’d have to say no. He went through deputy mayors at a rate of knots during his tenure as Mayor of London, and his biggest successful legacy, “Boris” bikes, were a Ken Livingstone project that he got to finish off. Same deal with the Olympics.
Otherwise, it’s just shit.
His time as Foreign Secretary is arguably even worse, prompting questions from the media about whether Boris was unsackable, and that was before he got caught lying his arse off about what Porton Down had actually told him about the origin of the substance allegedly used in the Skripal attack.
He’s a fucking awful politician that the media gave birth to, and help perpetuate. I’d lay money on it that Ian Hislop of “Have I Got New Labour For You?” has no regrets whatsoever.
